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[1] concubine [2] [archaic] a polite term used by woman to refer to herself when speaking to her husband Stroke count: 8
Level: 3
Radical: 女 (#38)
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| This character was last edited on 24th Feb 2008 | |
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妾侍
cip3 si6 = concubine
三妻四妾
saam1 cai1 sei3 cip3 = three wives and four concubines; to have multiple wives |
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Decimal representation of this word: 妾
Unicode code for this character: U+59be (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1714/]妾[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/1714/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">妾</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 妾
Unicode code for this character: U+59be (off-site link)
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