妾

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

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

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)

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