妻 wife

8 strokes

ILL PAIR

一 (one/line radical) +

(brush/fork) + 女 (woman)

ONYOMI: SAI

He SIGHed when his wife (a woman) chased him with the brush.

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KUNYOMI:

つま: my wife (人妻：ひとづま： a somewhat formal term for someone else's wife）

JUKUGO:

妻子 ( さいし ): one's wife and children. The word for 'husband and children?'
That does not exist in this language.
妻 (wife) + 子 (child) = 妻子 (wife and kids.)

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LOOKALIKES:

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
婦	housewife	woman radical is on the LEFT	女
妻	wife	FORK

The housewife is on the LEFT side, because she gets left behind when her husband goes to work. The wife is holding a FORK because she has a job as a cook.

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