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媳

xí

daughter-in-law

🔤 Pictophonetic: 女 (woman) provides meaning, 息 provides pronunciation

HSK 6 13 strokes Common (24%)

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Component Breakdown

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to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news

⿰女息 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nǚ

女

woman, girl; female

📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side

3 strokes HSK 1

xī

息

to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news

💡 Ideographic: To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation

10 strokes HSK 2

zì

自

self; private, personal; from

📷 Pictographic: A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses

6 strokes HSK 3

mù

目

eye; to look, to see; division, topic

📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side

5 strokes HSK 3

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

xīn

心

heart; mind; soul

📷 Pictographic: A heart

4 strokes HSK 3

Words Using 媳 (16)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

媳妇 ↗

xífù

daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman

xífù

媳妇 ↗

HSK 6

daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman

younger brother's wife / sister-in-law

dìxí

弟媳 ↗

younger brother's wife / sister-in-law

young married woman / scapegoat / young girl engaged to sb by her parents (idiom)

xiǎoxífur

小媳妇儿 ↗

young married woman / scapegoat / young girl engaged to sb by her parents (idiom)

儿媳妇儿 ↗

érxífur

erhua variant of [[兒媳婦|儿媳妇<érxífu>]]

érxífur

儿媳妇儿 ↗

erhua variant of [[兒媳婦|儿媳妇<érxífu>]]

侄媳妇 ↗

zhíxífu

brother's son's wife / nephew's wife

zhíxífu

侄媳妇 ↗

brother's son's wife / nephew's wife

娶媳妇 ↗

qǔxífù

to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law

qǔxífù

娶媳妇 ↗

to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law

婆媳 ↗

póxí

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

póxí

婆媳 ↗

mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

媳妇儿 ↗

xífur

wife / young married woman

xífur

媳妇儿 ↗

wife / young married woman

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