妾(qiè)

8 strokes

concubine

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Character information

Pinyin
qiè
Meaning
concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
Strokes
8
HSK level
—
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 妾 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱辛女

A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave

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

Made of

辛xīn女nǚ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 妾 step by step

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

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Words with 妾

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

shì侍qiè妾

concubine

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qī妻qiè妾

wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem

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qiè妾shì侍

maids and concubines

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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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chén臣qiè妾

(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female)

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Related characters

From 妾’s common words

侍妻三四臣

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