A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 8 strokes

Wife ; Spouse

Readings on: サイ
Kun readings: つま

妻つま — wife

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 稲妻いなずま — flash Source
• 良妻りょうさい — Good wife Source
• 後妻ごさい — Second woman Source
• 妻子さいし — family; wife and children Source
• 夫妻ふさい — married couple; man and woman; sir and madam Source
• 老妻ろうさい — Old woman Source