Meaning & readings
queen, princess
On’yomi ヒ
Kun’yomi きさき
Nanori き、ぴ、み
Origin
The character 妃 combines the radical for woman on the left with a sound hint on the right. The 女 component indicates this character refers to a female role, specifically a royal one. The right side, 己, doesn't add meaning but rather suggests the character's pronunciation. Together, the combination creates a character that refers to a queen or princess—a woman of high rank at court.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 6
- Kangxi radical
- 38
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1752 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+05983