妻

Glyph origin
― a man grabbing a woman's hair to show ownership.

Etymology
Thought to be cognate to (SWJZ; ) & interpreted as "an equal to her husband"; yet this is unlikely considering the realities of ancient societies.

Schuessler instead proposes etymology: he reconstructs  < *k-sə̂i and compares it to 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬 with *ka(n)- being a female marker (ibid.).

Definitions

 * 1) wife

Definitions

 * 1)  to give a wife to; to give as a wife; to become married to a man
 * 2)  to marry a woman
 * 1)  to marry a woman

Kanji

 * 1) spouse

Etymology 1
From, indicating the person who is at the side of someone: a spouse. Compare the 🇨🇬 expression.

This term originally referred to either a male or female  spouse. In modern usage, this term refers only to a female spouse.

Noun

 * 1)  a spouse
 * 2)  a wife

Etymology 2
By extension from the at the sense.

Noun

 * 1) a side dish
 * 2) a tangent, a digression, something to the side of the main thing

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) my wife
 * , Romazi Nikki
 * "ja"

- Yo wa Sai wo aisiteru; aisiteru kara koso kono Nikki wo yomase taku nai no da.

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in written texts such as letters.

Etymology
From.