Entry
  1. Noun

    mistress; kept woman; concubine

    Usually written using kana aloneDated termsee see めかけ

  2. close female servant

    Archaicorig. meaning

Also written 側妻【そばめ】妻【そばめ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

side, lean, oppose, regret

Kun
かわがわそば
On
ソク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
216 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
2a9.4The Kanji Dictionary
2220.0Four corner code
2143deroo
5074Unicode hex code
1-34-06JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
509Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
275New Nelson (John Haig)
137New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
155Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
120Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
538Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
897Morohashi
535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
609Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667sakade
330Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
562henshall3
571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
280crowley
809Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.12busy_people
119Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ce4, ze4Pinyin reading
cheugKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

woman, female

Kun
おんな
On
ジョニョニョウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
151 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

おなつき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-4SKIP code
3e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4040.0Four corner code
1769deroo
5973Unicode hex code
1-29-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1185Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1173New Nelson (John Haig)
3418New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4226Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
98Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
178A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
114Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
62Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6036Morohashi
35A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32sakade
42Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41henshall3
19Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
60crowley
68Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
99Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nu:3, ru3Pinyin reading
nyeo, yeoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level