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妻 means 'wife'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 531   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 22 words   Used in 88 words   Used in 339 names   Component in 9 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   サイ
Kun
   つま wife
Additional readings
Name    ずま   め
Components
⿱  ⿻  一 one  肀 slashed yo  女 woman; female  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 妻 is used 5 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 妻 is used 86 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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サイ : 45 words FIND ALL
ふ さ い 1 ふ さ い 2
noun
man and wife; married couple
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つま : 15 words FIND ALL
つ ま 2
Most common form: 具
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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つま (read as づま) : 15 words FIND ALL
ひ と づ ま 0
noun
1. married woman
2. another's wife
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め: 4 words. FIND ALL
め が み 1
Most common form: 女神
noun
goddess; female deity  (see also: 男神)
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ずま: 7 words. FIND ALL
い な ず ま 0
noun
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
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An additional ずま less common words include 妻 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 708 (originally: 681)  Joy o' Kanji : 681  Key to Kanji: 367 

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妻
サイ   つま wife   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
丨
stick   
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