妾

8 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

concubine

Kun'yomi
  • めかけ
    		mistress
  • そばめ
  • わらわ
    		I
On'yomi
  • ショウ
    		mistress ②I

Main Radical

女(KanXi) 立(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

そばめ 98.9%
ショウ 1.1%

Character Breakdown

concubine
そばめ　ショウ　めかけ (Kentei Pre-1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)

Contained In

接 椄 霎

Common Words

あい
愛
しょう
妾
beloved concubine
しょう
妾
ふく
腹
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
さい
妻
しょう
妾
one's wife and mistress(es)
だん
男
しょう
妾
male paramour
しょう
妾
しゅつ
出
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
しょう
妾
たく
宅
house in which a mistress is kept
ちく
蓄
しょう
妾
keeping a mistress (concubine)
がい
外
しょう
妾
foreigner's mistress
よう
洋
しょう
妾
Westerner's mistress
いっ
一
とう
盗
に
二
ひ
婢
さん
三
しょう
妾
し
四
ぎ
妓
ご
五
さい
妻
(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
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References

Unicode hex code 59BE
JIS X 0208 1-30-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3346
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1198
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2622
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2667
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6147
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5b3.2
Four corner code 0040.4