妇

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woman

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐

Components 女彐

married woman · Heisig RSH #943

女 woman + broom

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中华全国妇女联合会	Zhōng huá Quán guó Fù nǚ Lián hé huì	All-China Women's Federation (PRC, established 1949)
妇道人家	fù dao rén jia	woman (derog.)
有夫之妇	yǒu fū zhī fù	married woman
有妇之夫	yǒu fù zhī fū	married man
妇女运动	fù nǚ yùn dòng	women's movement; feminism
老妇人	lǎo fù rén	elderly woman
天妇罗	tiān fù luó	tempura (loanword from Japanese)
妇女能顶半边天	fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān	Woman can hold up half the sky; fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
国际妇女节	Guó jì Fù nǚ jié	International Women's Day (March 8)
妇人之仁	fù rén zhī rén	excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative)
妇女主任	fù nǚ zhǔ rèn	director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
二产妇	èr chǎn fù	lady who has given birth twice
妇产科	fù chǎn kē	department of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic
妇女节	Fù nǚ jié	International Women's Day (March 8)
良家妇女	liáng jiā fù nǚ	woman from a respectable family
妇人	fù rén	married woman
家妇	jiā fù	wife (old)
双独夫妇	shuāng dú fū fù	a married couple allowed dispensation to have second child
新婚夫妇	xīn hūn fū fù	newly married couple; newlyweds
主妇	zhǔ fù	housewife; woman of senior authority in a household; the lady of the house; hostess