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妇 fù
Explanation: married woman
妇女 married woman  少妇 young married woman
原先这字是由“女”（ ）字和帚（ ）字组成的，就像手持着扫帚的妇女留在家里做家务的模样。“妇”（ ）当时就是指在家从事事务劳动的女人 .
From early inscriptions of this character found on oracle bones, we can see that on the left halt of the pictograph there is something like a broom or duster（ ）, while the right half derives from the character for woman（ ） .The idea thereby expressed is that a woman with a broom or duster in hand is a married woman.