Read Edit View history Discussion 妻 qīqì HSK4 wife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand grabbing a woman's hair to take her as a wife. In ancient China, women of marriageable age wore hairpins (compare with 每). Pinyin Separate values with commas qī × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a woman's hair. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妻 Simp strokes 妻 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hand grabbing a woman's hair. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妻 Simp strokes 妻 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妻 Simp strokes 妻 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 妻 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 349, 720 ], [ 421, 714 ], [ 541, 733 ], [ 553, 741 ], [ 637, 758 ], [ 683, 755 ] ], [ [ 338, 595 ], [ 372, 591 ], [ 442, 602 ], [ 618, 642 ], [ 650, 636 ], [ 669, 622 ], [ 676, 607 ], [ 638, 479 ], [ 614, 463 ] ], [ [ 200, 492 ], [ 252, 484 ], [ 593, 534 ], [ 790, 550 ], [ 867, 535 ] ], [ [ 325, 401 ], [ 361, 397 ], [ 604, 435 ], [ 650, 437 ], [ 677, 427 ] ], [ [ 466, 840 ], [ 509, 806 ], [ 510, 791 ], [ 498, 460 ], [ 482, 438 ] ], [ [ 437, 389 ], [ 455, 375 ], [ 465, 351 ], [ 387, 170 ], [ 413, 152 ], [ 477, 129 ], [ 624, 54 ], [ 667, 25 ], [ 707, -20 ] ], [ [ 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