Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: wife, spouse

Kunyomi: つま

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんな

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

子(さいし)   wife and children

帯者(さいたいしゃ)   a married man

(ふさい)   man and wife, married couple

(せいさい)   legal wife

(ごさい)   second wife

家(きょうさいか)   hen-pecked husband

賢母(りょうさいけんぼ)   good wife and wise mother

(つま)   wife

(ひとづま)   married woman, another's wife

(いなづま)   lightning

Onyomi Examples

サイ one's wife

サイシ wife and children, wife

センサイ former wife, late wife

ゴサイ second wife

Kunyomi Examples

つま wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)

つま my dear, dear, honey

ちゅうつま expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee

我が わがつま my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband