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婦 means 'wife'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 655   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-16    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 29    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 132 words   Used in 129 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   フ
Kun
   wife, woman
Additional readings
Kun    よめ lady, woman, wife, bride
Name    ね
Variants
妇 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  女 woman; female  帚 broom  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 婦 is used 5 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 婦 is used 127 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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フ : 102 words FIND ALL
ふ う ふ 0 ふ う ふ 1
noun
1. married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair
noun (prefix)
2. his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)  (see also: 夫婦茶碗; this meaning is restricted to reading めおと)
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フ (read as ぷ) : 23 words FIND ALL
し ん ぷ 1
noun
bride
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フ (read as ぶ) : 1 word FIND ALL
み ょ う ぶ 1
noun
title for high-ranking court ladies  (archaic)
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よめ : 1 word FIND ALL
よ め 0
noun
1. wife; bride
2. (one's) daughter-in-law
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Henshall: 800 (originally: 779)  Joy o' Kanji : 779  Key to Kanji: 912 

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婦
フ    wife, woman   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
帚
broom   
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⺕
yo; yell
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
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