妻

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qī, qì
Cantonese: cai1 cai3
JapaneseKun: TSUMA MEAWASERU
JapaneseOn: SAI
Korean: CHE
Vietnamese: thê

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wife

CE-Dict: to marry off (a daughter)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a wife

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: feme; frow; wife

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: feme; frow; wife

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》妻婦與夫齊者也。从女从屮从又。又，持事，妻職也。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】妻
〔古文〕𡜌𡜈【廣韻】七稽切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】千西切，𠀤音凄。【說文】妻，與己齊者也。【詩·邶風】士如歸妻，迨冰未泮。　又令妻，令善之妻。【詩·魯頌】令妻壽母。　又妻曰鄕里。【南史·張彪傳】呼妻曰：我不忍令鄕里落他處。【姚寬曰】猶會稽人言家里。　又【梵書·蓮經註】佛有妻，名耶須。　又【集韻】千咨切，恣平聲。義同。　又七計切，音砌。以女嫁人曰妻之。【論語】以其子妻之。一曰妻者，判合也。夫者，天也。故於字夫正而妻偏。

Japanese Places Tsuma (loc)

CF-Dict: à marier (fille)

Han-De-Dict: Ehefrau (u.E.) (S)/Gattin (u.E.) (S)