READING  サイ、つま
MEANING  wife
JLPT level N3 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
ふさい
man and wife, married couple
さいし
wife and children
りょうさい
good wife
あくさい
bad wife
いっぷたさい
polygamy, polygyny
 
Example sentences
夫妻
お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。
The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi(40) and his wife Yukie said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."
妻子
彼は妻子を捨てた。
He abandoned his family.
 
彼は妻子を田舎に残して、職を求めてぶらぶらしていた。
With his wife and children in the country, he was at loose ends for something to do.
良妻
この世で男にとって最良のことは良妻を選ぶことであり、最悪のことは選び損なって悪妻を持つことである。
The best thing in the world for a man is to choose a good wife, the worst being to mistakenly choose an ill-suited one.
 
Lookalikes
 
セイ 
uncanny