Readings

Kana: ショウ、めかけ、そばめ、わらわ
Romaji: shō, mekake, sobame, warawa
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

concubine

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  117
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-5-3
Korean Reading:  cheob
Chinese Reading:  qie4
Unicode:  59be
JIS:  3E2A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 3346
New Nelson Index: 1198
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5b3.2
Four Corner Index: 0040.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6147
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0659
Remembering the kanji Index: 2622
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2667

Words

(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
(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)
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