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妾

concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,022 U+59BE

How 妾 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave

components: 辛 女

Characters built with 妾 as their sound component

These characters all use 妾 (qiè) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
妾 sound component qiè concubine
接 jiē to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
霎 shà drizzle, light rain; fleeting, passing
踥 qiè to take small steps
唼 shǎ to speak evil; a gobbling sound made by ducks

Words containing 妾

WordPinyinMeaning
三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
妻妾成群 qī qiè chéng qún to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem
纳妾 nà qiè to take a concubine
妾室 qiè shì concubine
宠妾灭妻 chǒng qiè miè qī favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect on…
臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and f…
妻妾 qī qiè wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
姬妾 jī qiè concubine
宠妾 chǒng qiè favored concubine
侍妾 shì qiè concubine
妾侍 qiè shì maids and concubines