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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: 彐 女

妻

Radical

Radical: 女

Reading: おんな

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

妻子(さいし)   wife and children

妻帯者(さいたいしゃ)   a married man

夫妻(ふさい)   man and wife, married couple

正妻(せいさい)   legal wife

後妻(ごさい)   second wife

恐妻家(きょうさいか)   hen-pecked husband

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

妻(つま)   wife

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

稲妻(いなづま)   lightning

Onyomi Examples

妻 (サイ) one's wife

妻子 (サイシ) wife and children, wife

先妻 (センサイ) former wife, late wife

後妻 (ゴサイ) second wife

Kunyomi Examples

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

妻 (つま) my dear, dear, honey

駐妻 (ちゅうつま) expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee

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

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