noun #6,647

Meanings

  1. 1 woman; married woman
  2. 2 wife

Examples

Fùnǚjié kuàilè!
Happy Women's Day!
Tā shì yī wèi jiātíng zhǔfù.
She is a housewife.

Tips

usage
妇女 (fùnǚ) = women. 夫妇 (fūfù) = married couple. 主妇 (zhǔfù) = housewife. 孕妇 (yùnfù) = pregnant woman.

Components

radical
woman; female
Left woman radical — the indexing component. Pictures a kneeling figure with arms folded. Marks as a feminine-role word: married woman, wife, daughter-in-law. Same radical in , , , , .
semantic
pig snout; broom-like shape
Right — the simplification of traditional , where the right side was (broom). The 1956 reform compressed down to this 3-stroke broom-stub. The original image is a woman holding a broom, depicting the household-keeping role attached to in classical times.

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