11 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

maidservant

Kun'yomi
  • はしため
On'yomi
  • female slave ②female servant

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

maidservant
ヒ はしため (Kentei 1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
lowly, base, vile
ヒ いや.しい (8th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)

Common Words

female slave ②female servant
slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system) ②male and female servants
servant girl
lady-in-waiting
male and female servants
privately-owned slave
government-owned slave
government-owned slave
old housemaid
young female servant
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References

Unicode hex code 5A62
JIS X 0208 1-53-25
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1232
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1238
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2196
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2309
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6428
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e8.1
Four corner code 4644.0