妻 (つま · ふさい · さいし)

Etymology

Pictograph of a hand grabbing a woman's hair to take her as a wife. In ancient China, women of marriageable age wore hairpins (compare with 每).

Components

• ◎ — Depicts a woman's hair.
• 又 — Depicts a hand grabbing a woman's hair.
• 女

Example sentences

1. 妻だ。 — She's my wife.
2. 私の妻だ。 — She's my wife.
3. 妻が怖くて。 — I'm afraid of my wife.
4. 彼女は私の妻だ。 — She's my wife.
5. 妻にキスをした。 — I kissed my wife.

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