■ radical
qī
wife
How it’s built
Pictograph of a hand grabbing a woman's hair. In ancient China, women of marriagable age wore hairpins (compare with 每).
Through the ages
Appears in
Characters that use 妻 as a component, most common first.
wife
How it’s built
Pictograph of a hand grabbing a woman's hair. In ancient China, women of marriagable age wore hairpins (compare with 每).
Through the ages
Appears in
Characters that use 妻 as a component, most common first.