妻
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(bound form) wife
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,463 U+59BB
How 妻 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A woman 女 holding a broom 十 in her hand 彐
How to remember it
wife · Heisig RSH #2209
needle + rake + 女 woman
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 妻 as their sound component
These characters all use 妻 (qī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妻 sound component | qī | wife |
| 凄 | qī | bitter cold, miserable, dreary |
| 萋 | qī | luxuriant foliage |
Words containing 妻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一夫一妻 | yī fū yī qī | monogamy |
| 一夫多妻 | yī fū duō qī | polygyny |
| 老夫老妻 | lǎo fū lǎo qī | long-married couple |
| 夫妻反目 | fū qī fǎn mù | man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife |
| 一妻制 | yī qī zhì | monogyny |
| 多妻制 | duō qī zhì | polygyny |
| 露水夫妻 | lù shuǐ fū qī | a couple in a short-lived, improper relationship |
| 丑妻近地家中宝 | chǒu qī jìn dì jiā zhōng bǎo | an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom) |
| 少年夫妻老来伴 | shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn | husband and wife in youth, companions in old age |
| 妻离子散 | qī lí zǐ sàn | a family wrenched apart (idiom) |
| 夫妻相 | fū qī xiàng | similarity in features of an old couple; common facial traits that show predestination to … |
| 老夫少妻 | lǎo fū shào qī | older husband and much younger wife |
| 半糖夫妻 | bàn táng fū qī | weekend spouse; relationship involving a sugar-daddy |
| 夫妻脸 | fū qī liǎn | see 夫妻相[fu1 qi1 xiang4] |
| 妻子 | qī zǐ | wife and children |
| 妻子 | qī zi | wife |
| 人妻 | rén qī | married woman; wife (as a social role) |
| 妻儿 | qī ér | wife and child |
| 妻小 | qī xiǎo | wife and children; (old) wife |
| 发妻 | fà qī | first wife |