妾 — Chinese character
妾
qiè
concubine
- Pinyin
- qiè
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 辛 女
- Formation
- ideographic — A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave
- Japanese
- 妾 as a kanji
Common words with 妾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妻妾 | qī qiè | wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem |
| 纳妾 (納妾) | nà qiè | to take a concubine |
| 臣妾 | chén qiè | (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves |
| 三妻四妾 | sān qī sì qiè | (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem |
| 侍妾 | shì qiè | concubine |
| 宠妾 (寵妾) | chǒng qiè | favored concubine |
| 妻妾成群 | qī qiè chéng qún | to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem |
| 妾侍 | qiè shì | maids and concubines |
| 妾室 | qiè shì | concubine |
| 姬妾 | jī qiè | concubine |
| 宠妾灭妻 (寵妾滅妻) | chǒng qiè miè qī | favor the concubine and do away with the wife (idiom); spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife |
English words written with 妾
妾 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 2 · Mencius 11 · Zhuangzi 8
- Hexagram 33
- Hexagram 50
- Mencius 3B.2
- Mencius 4B.33
- Mencius 6A.10
- Mencius 6B.7
- Mencius 7B.34
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
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