Memory phrase for the character: 妻

妻

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Meaning

wife

Pronunciation

 SAI
tsuma

Explanation

 Top: broom 十 with hand ナ/ヨ (cf.:brush/pen 筆 or broom 帚), bottom: woman 女

Mnemonic
 
With a broom in her hand is this woman: my wife.

Radicals

女 womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
聿 brush
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
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 Vocabulary

妻 つま  (hum) wife
夫妻 ふさい  man and wife, married couple

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