Meta:

  1. 妻 is the 1074th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. appears as a component in 4 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (ten), (brush), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qi1 - wife
  2. qi4 - to marry off (a daughter)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妻 (qi1): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 妻 (qi4): The component 十 is pronounced as 'shi2'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

夫妻 
妻子 

Medium Frequency

前妻 
 

Appears In:

also appears in:

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Meta:

  1. 妾 is the 3236th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. appears as a component in 6 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (stand erect), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qie4 - concubine/I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

妻妾 
 

Appears In:

also appears in:
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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