妻 = 十 + ⺕ + 女

妻 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “wife”. It is built from 十 (ten), ⺕ (rake) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2035. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: wife
RTK frame: 2035
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): サイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): つま
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: жена
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 妻 wife

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 妻

How to find 妻 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ten” + “rake” + “woman”. 妻 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 妻 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.