妾

Kana: ショウ、めかけ、そばめ、わらわ

Romaji: shō, mekake, sobame, warawa

Kana

Romaji

concubine

Stroke Count: 8

Radical Number: 117

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 2-5-3

Korean Reading: cheob

Chinese Reading: qie4

Unicode: 59be

JIS: 3E2A

Nelson Index: 3346

妾 (めかけ、そばめ、おんなめ)

mistress; kept woman; concubine

愛妾 (あいしょう)

beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)

妻妾 (さいしょう)

one's wife and mistress(es)

妾宅 (しょうたく)

house in which a mistress is kept

男妾 (だんしょう)

male paramour

妾 (わらわ)

I; me

外妾 (がいしょう)

foreigner's mistress

妾出 (しょうしゅつ)

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

妾腹 (しょうふく、めかけばら)

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

蓄妾 (ちくしょう)

keeping a mistress (concubine)