婦

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

妇

🇨🇳

married woman

HSK 10 N2

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フ

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Depicts a woman (女) using a broom (帚). Women were traditionally responsible for household chores in ancient times. 帚 also represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (婦)

女 woman+ 帚 broom =

婦 married woman

女 Iconic component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

帚 Phonetic component

zhǒu broom

variant of 帚[zhǒu]

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Simplified (妇)

女 woman+ 彐 snout =

妇 married women

女 Iconic component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

彐 Simplified component

jì snout

Shorthand for the 帚 component in the traditional character 婦.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC)

Bronze

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Bronze

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

妇

Regular

Modern

Chinese

妇 / 婦 [fù]

woman

Japanese

婦ふ同音

noun

married woman
woman; lady

嫁、娵 (rare) 、婦 (rare) 、媳 (rare) よめ同音

noun

bride
(one's) daughter-in-law
ksb wife

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

Every Jack must have his Jill.

古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。

In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.

CHINESE WORDS (80)

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JAPANESE WORDS (167)

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KOREAN WORDS (21)

부인과 #6,503

gynecology; department of gynecology

산부인과 #7,352

obstetrics and gynecology; department of obstetrics and gynecology

부부 #8,518

couple; married couple

과부 #13,217

widow

가정부 #26,486

housekeeper; housemaid

임산부 #45,022

pregnant woman; expectant mother

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