妻 wife
- On'yomi
- サイ
- Kun'yomi
- つま
- Strokes
- 8
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 5
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Remember it
A hand reaching down over a woman as she pins up her hair — in the old picture, that's the wife of the house.
A common word
- 妻 つま wife
Example sentences
妻は 今 台所に います。
つまは いま だいどころに います。
My wife is in the kitchen right now.
妻と 二人で 映画を 見ました。
つまと ふたりで えいがを みました。
My wife and I watched a movie together.
Kanji that share a part
女 is its radical. 40 kanji share it in all.
- 安 cheap
- 始 begin
- 姉 older sister
- 妹 younger sister
- 要 need
- 好 fond N3
- 委 committee N3
- 娘 daughter N3
⺕ is a component. 18 kanji share it in all.