Memory phrase for the character: 妻

妻

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Meaning

wife, to marry off (a daughter)

Pronunciation

qī, qì

Explanation

 From top: ten 十, hand /彐, woman 女

Mnemonic
 
(very hardworking) The ten-handed woman: that's my wife.

Radicals

十 tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?




 Vocabulary

夫妻 fū qī  man and wife
妻子 qī zi  wife
妻子 qī zi  

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