妇

婦
fù
noun #6,647

Meanings

  1. 1 woman; married woman
  2. 2 wife

Examples

HSK 3
Fùnǚ Jié kuàilè!
Happy Women's Day!
HSK 4
Tā shì yī wèi jiātíng zhǔfù.
She is a housewife.

Tips

usage
妇女 = women. 夫妇 = married couple. 主妇 = housewife. 孕妇 = pregnant woman.

Components

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

Stroke Order

妇 fù