妾 — cheop

Parts that make up 妾

How 妾 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 妾 as a ideographic compound involving 辛, 女.

Korean example words with 妾

• 빈첩嬪妾 Korean gloss: 임금의 첩
• 애첩愛妾 Korean gloss: 사랑하는 첩
• 동첩童妾 Korean gloss: 나이 어린 첩
• 소첩少妾 Korean gloss: 나이 어린 첩
• 요첩妖妾 Korean gloss: 요사스러운 첩
• 첩실妾室 Korean gloss: ‘첩’을 점잖게 이르는 말
• 내첩內妾 Korean gloss: 자기 집 안에 두고 있는 첩
• 비첩婢妾 Korean gloss: 여자 종으로서 첩이 된 사람
• 폐첩嬖妾 Korean gloss: 아양을 떨어 귀염을 받는 첩
• 적첩嫡妾 Korean gloss: 본처와 첩을 아울러 이르는 말
• 처첩妻妾 Korean gloss: 아내와 첩을 아울러 이르는 말
• 총첩寵妾 Korean gloss: 특별히 귀염과 사랑을 받는 첩

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 妾

• 妾めかけ mistress; kept woman; concubine
• 愛妾あいしょう beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
• 妾腹しょうふく illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
• 妻妾さいしょう one's wife and mistress(es)
• 男妾だんしょう male paramour
• 妾出しょうしゅつ illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
• 妾宅しょうたく house in which a mistress is kept
• 蓄妾ちくしょう keeping a mistress (concubine)
• 外妾がいしょう foreigner's mistress
• 洋妾ようしょう Westerner's mistress
• 侍妾じしょう concubine; mistress
• 嬖妾へいしょう beloved concubine; favorite mistress

Characters sharing the phonetic 立

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “첩”

Other hanja with radical 女