妻(qī)

HSK 48 strokes
Readingsqīqì

(bound form) wife

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Character information

Pinyin
qī / qì
Meaning
(bound form) wife
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 妻 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⿻十彐女

A woman 女 holding a broom 十 in her hand 彐

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

十shí彐jì女nǚ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 妻 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 妻

Common words using 妻 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fū夫qī妻
HSK 4

husband and wife; married couple

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qī妻zǐ子
HSK 4

wife and children

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wáng亡qī妻

one's late wife

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rén人qī妻

married woman; wife (as a social role)

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xiū休qī妻

to repudiate one's wife

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yī一fū夫yī一qī妻

monogamy

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sān三qī妻sì四qiè妾

(idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem

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qián前qī妻

ex-wife

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夫子亡人休一三四

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