妻 qī
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
妻子
qīzi
wife
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这是我的妻子。 Zhè shì wǒ de qīzi. This is my wife.
- 妻子在做饭。 Qīzi zài zuò fàn. The wife is cooking.
- 他爱他的妻子。 Tā ài tā de qīzi. He loves the woman he married.