Kanji
妻
N3
8 strokes
Grade 5
freq #691
wife, spouse
On'yomi (音読み)
サイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
つま
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
夫妻
ふさい
husband and wife; married couple
妻子
さいし
wife and children
人妻
ひとづま
married woman
稲妻
いなずま
lightning; flash of lightning
愛妻
あいさい
beloved wife
新妻
にいづま
new wife
良妻
りょうさい
good wife
後妻
ごさい
second wife
先妻
せんさい
former wife; late wife
妻帯
さいたい
having a wife; marrying (a woman)
Example sentences
池（いけ）田夫（でんぷ）妻（つま）は健（すこ）の先生（せんせい）に話（はな）しかけました。
Mr. and Mrs. Ikeda talked to Ken's teacher.
山田（やまだ）夫妻（ふさい）は来月（らいげつ）帰国（きこく）します。
Mr. and Mrs. Yamada will come home next month.
彼（かれ）は妻子（さいし）を田舎（いなか）に残（のこ）して、職（しょく）を求（もと）めてぶらぶらしていた。
With his wife and children in the country, he was at loose ends for something to do.
彼（かれ）は妻子（さいし）を捨（す）てた。
He abandoned his family.