Entry
  1. Noun

    (one's) wife

    Dated termFamiliar language

    彼は2年前に細君に死なれた。
    He had his wife die two years ago.
  2. wife (of a peer or subordinate)

    Dated term

Also written 妻君【さいくん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

Kun
ほそ.いほそ.るこま.かこま.かい
On
サイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
537 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-6-5SKIP code
6a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2690.0Four corner code
2776deroo
7d30Unicode hex code
1-26-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3522Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4472New Nelson (John Haig)
1333New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1363Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1463Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
721A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1958Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
701Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27344Morohashi
284A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
695Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
218sakade
812Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
140henshall3
205Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
123Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1525Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1375Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi4Pinyin reading
seKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

Kun
きみ-ぎみ
On
クン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
947 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-4-3, 4-7-1SKIP code
3d4.23The Kanji Dictionary
1760.7Four corner code
3577deroo
541bUnicode hex code
1-23-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
899Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
746New Nelson (John Haig)
3206New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3974Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2045Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2762Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1162Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1246Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
700A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
515Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
479Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3323Morohashi
266A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
793Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
807Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198sakade
403Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
285henshall3
280Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
204crowley
1289Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
287Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1170Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jun1Pinyin reading
gunKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level