EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    good wife

    この世で男にとって最良のことは良妻を選ぶことであり、最悪のことは選び損なって悪妻を持つことである。
    The best thing in the world for a man is to choose a good wife, the worst being to mistakenly choose an ill-suited one.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

good, pleasing, skilled

Kun
よ.い-よ.いい.い-い.い
On
リョウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
501 of 2500
Radical
stopping
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

ながまことよしりょろう

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-4, 3-5-2SKIP code
0a7.3The Kanji Dictionary
3073.2Four corner code
865deroo
826fUnicode hex code
1-46-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3885Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4954New Nelson (John Haig)
3558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4373Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2216Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2980Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1468Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1578Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
520A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
767Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
586Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30597Morohashi
598A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
321Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530sakade
861Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
628henshall3
492Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
479crowley
602Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1642Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1480Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liang2Pinyin reading
ryangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wife, spouse

Kun
つま
On
サイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
691 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

ずま

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-3SKIP code
3e5.10The Kanji Dictionary
5040.4Four corner code
1469deroo
59bbUnicode hex code
1-26-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1206Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1200New Nelson (John Haig)
2558New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3166Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1889Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
767A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
959Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
861Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6140Morohashi
681A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
671Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790sakade
449Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
708henshall3
683Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
596Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1907Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi1, qi4Pinyin reading
cheoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level