妇

fù

woman

Radical: 女 Strokes: 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

女如好威委奸妙娘奴婆姑婚

Same radical

女如好威委奸妙娘奴婆姑婚妆娇始

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Character Decomposition

妇=女+彐

Etymology

Simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐

Meanings

woman

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Words with 妇 266 total

prostitute娼妇chāng fù prostitute; floozy; slut荡妇dàng fù younger brother's wife · sister-in-law弟妇dì fù a (married) couple · husband and wife · CL: duì夫妇fū fù woman recuperating after childbirth · woman in childbirth产妇chǎn fù upper-class woman · lady (old)贵妇guì fù the wife of 杞梁, a senior official of the state of Qi 杞 who died on a military expedition · (fig.) a widow杞妇Qǐ fù mistress · paramour (of married man)情妇qíng fù expecting mother妊妇rèn fù clever wife · ingenious housewife · Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)巧妇qiǎo fù young married woman少妇shào fù

Idioms with 妇 31 total Chain

fig. the man sings and the woman follows · fig. marital harmony夫唱妇随fū chàng fù suí dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles妇姑勃溪fù gū bó xī excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) · soft-hearted (pejorative)妇人之仁fù rén zhī rén

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