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daughter-in-law

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,374 U+5AB3

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 (semantic, “woman”) + 息 (phonetic, xī)

components: 女息

daughter-in-law · Heisig RSH #1821

女 woman + 息 breath

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 息

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 息 (xī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
息 sound component	xī	to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news
螅	xī	intestinal worm
瘜	xī	polypus

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
儿媳妇儿	ér xí fù r	erhua form of 兒媳婦\|儿媳妇[er2 xi2 fu4]
丑媳妇早晚要见公婆	chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yào jiàn gōng pó	(lit.) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb); (f…
多年媳妇熬成婆	duō nián xí fù áo chéng pó	see 媳婦熬成婆\|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2]
儿媳妇	ér xí fù	daughter-in-law
媳妇儿	xí fù r	erhua form of 媳婦\|媳妇[xi2 fu4]
媳妇儿	xí fu r	erhua form of 媳婦\|媳妇[xi2 fu5]
小媳妇	xiǎo xí fu	young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride
儿媳	ér xí	daughter-in-law
童养媳妇	tóng yǎng xí fù	child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
表弟媳	biǎo dì xí	wife of younger male cousin via female line
童养媳	tóng yǎng xí	child bride; girl adopted into a family as future daughter-in-law
堂弟媳	táng dì xí	wife of younger male cousin via male line
孙媳妇	sūn xí fù	son's son's wife; grandson's wife
媳妇熬成婆	xí fù áo chéng pó	lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (id…
媳妇	xí fù	daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
媳妇	xí fu	(dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman
弟媳	dì xí	younger brother's wife; sister-in-law
婆媳	pó xí	mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
外甥媳妇	wài sheng xí fù	sister's son's wife
侄媳妇	zhí xí fù	brother's son's wife; nephew's wife