妯 (zhóu): (in 妯娌) the wives of brothers;…

Meanings

两妯娌一直相处得很好。

Liǎng zhóuli yìzhí xiāngchǔ de hěn hǎo.

The two sisters-in-law have always gotten along well.

大家庭里，妯娌之间的纠纷很常见。

Dà jiātíng lǐ, zhóuli zhījiān de jiūfēn hěn chángjiàn.

Disputes between brothers' wives are common in big households.

usage

Bound form — 妯 occurs only in 妯娌, the specific kinship word for women married to brothers (your husband's brother's wife is your 妯娌).

radical

女 nǚ

woman

Left side is the woman radical 女, fitting a female kinship term — the wives married into a set of brothers.

phonetic

由 yóu

from; sound element

Right side 由 is the sound element; the reading has drifted to 妯.

妯 zhóu