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妻 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 妻 意味

wife, spouse

妻 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

つま tsuma

KUNYOMI 訓読み

サイ sai

Examples

私は妻を見舞いに病院に行った。I went to the hospital to see my wife.
妻は癌で死んだ。My wife died of cancer.
彼は妻を嫉妬した。He was jealous of his wife.
私は妻に死なれた。I had my wife die.
彼は彼女を妻にした。He made her his wife.
私の妻を紹介します。Let me introduce my wife.
私の妻は中国人です。My wife is Chinese.
夫がよければ妻もよし。A good husband makes a good wife.
彼女はすばらしい妻だ。She is a wonderful wife.
彼は先月妻と離婚した。He divorced his wife last month.

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