Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
妻 (8)
サイ
つま
SIS 
SIS combines 又 hand/action indicator + a woman wearing ornamental hairpins (compare 参) → woman performing housework (compare 婦) → wife (conceived of as a person attached to/aligned with her spouse; compare 妃).
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