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婢 (はしため) — maidservant | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
婢

婢

婢はしため

maidservant

Kanji Core Concepts11 strokes

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Kun'yomi

はしため

On'yomi

ヒ

maidservant

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Concepts using this kanji

young female servant

servant girl

government-owned slave

government-owned slave

privately owned slave

old housemaid

一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻

(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife

male and female servants

slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system)

lady-in-waiting

female slave

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一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻
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