妻
qì
#1,074 most
frequent character
to marry off (a daughter)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
妻 is a picture of a hand pulling a woman's hair, showing a woman being taken. That gives the first meaning, wife. Read qì, it grew to mean to get married or take a wife.
Drawn as: hand pulling woman's hair
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