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媳
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daughter-in-law

HSK 7
Human →Relations
xí
セキ、シャク
よめ
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 息 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 息 breath =
媳 daughter-in-law
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
息 Phonetic component
xī breath
rest, put stop to, end, cease
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Chinese
媳 [xí]
daughter-in-law
Japanese
嫁 、 娵 (rare) 、 婦 (rare) 、 媳 (rare) よめ 同音

noun

  1. bride
  2. (one's) daughter-in-law
  3. 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 (34)
媳妇 [xí​fù] #18,721
daughter-in-law
媳妇 [xí​fù] #18,721
daughter-in-law
儿媳妇 [ér​xí​fu] #21,304
daughter-in-law
儿媳妇 [ér​xí​fu] #21,304
daughter-in-law
儿媳 [ér​xí] #25,225
daughter-in-law
儿媳 [ér​xí] #25,225
daughter-in-law
媳妇儿 [xí​fu​r] #23,800
wife
媳妇儿 [xí​fu​r] #23,800
wife
婆媳 [pó​xí] #25,058
mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
弟媳 [dì​xí] #49,543
younger brother's wife
24 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
⭐ 嫁 [よめ] #3,807
bride
婦 [ふ] #45,180
married woman