Word Meaning 奴婢

どひ dohi

奴婢 is read as どひ (dohi) and means male and female servants.

Meaning

English

  1. male and female servants
  2. manservants and maids
  3. slaves (lowest class in the ritsuryō system)
  4. bondservants

Reading

Kana

どひ

Romaji

dohi

Writing Variants

  • 奴婢 ぬひ nuhi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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公奴婢

くぬひ

government-owned slave

官奴婢

かんぬひ

government-owned slave

私奴婢

しぬひ

privately-owned slave

やつ

thing

奴隷

どれい

slavery

奴ら

やつら

they

奴隷制度廃止

どれいせいどはいし

abolition of slavery

奴隷解放宣言

どれいかいほうせんげん

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

売国奴

ばいこくど

traitor (to one's country)

三一奴

さんぴんやっこ

low-ranking samurai

三下奴

さんしたやっこ

petty underling

農奴解放

のうどかいほう

emancipation of serfs