妻

音読おんよみ: サイ

訓読くんよみ: つま

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: 女(おんなへん)

Meaning

Wife / Spouse

  • 夫妻ふさい — married couple
  • 良妻りょうさい — good wife
  • 新妻にいづま — newlywed wife
  • 内妻ないさい — common-law wife
  • 正妻せいさい — lawful wife

妻 is associated with a woman in a marital role in classical usage. In modern Japanese it straightforwardly means “wife,” and appears in polite or legal compounds referring to spouses and households.

つま一緒いっしょ旅行りょこうしました。
I traveled with my wife.

かれつまやさしい ひとです。
His wife is a kind person.

夫
Creates
夫妻ふさい — married couple
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