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孀
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widow

HSK 10
Human →Relations
shuāng
ソウ
やもめ
상
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 霜 represents the sound.
Components
女 woman+ 霜 frost =
孀 widow
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
霜 Phonetic component
shuāng frost
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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
孀 [shuāng]
widow
Japanese
寡婦 、 寡 、 孀 (rare) かふ 、 やもめ 、 やまめ (old) 同音
noun widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (11)
遗孀 [yí​shuāng] #12,673
widow
遗孀 [yí​shuāng] #12,673
widow
孀居 [shuāng​jū] #65,818
to live in widowhood (formal)
孀妇 [shuāng​fù] #66,163
widow (formal)
孀妇 [shuāng​fù] #66,163
widow (formal)
居孀 [jū​shuāng] #72,774
to remain widowed (formal)
孀婺 [shuāng​wù]
widow
孀闺 [shuāng​guī]
a widow's chamber (old usage)
孀闺 [shuāng​guī]
a widow's chamber (old usage)
孤孀 [gū​shuāng]
widow
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
⭐ 寡婦 [かふ] #51,641
widow
寡 [か] #149,762
minority