妻孥

妻孥

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妻	孥
さい Grade: 5	ど Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
妻帑

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 妻孥 (MC t͡sʰei nuo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ido̞]

Noun

妻(さい)孥(ど) • (saido) ^{←さいど (saido)?}

1. (literary) wife and children

Synonyms

• 妻子(さいし) (saishi), 妻子(つまこ) (tsumako), 妻子(めこ) (meko)