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嗣

嗣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 後を受け継ぐ。引き受ける。
  2. 世継ぎ。跡継ぎ。後継者。相続人。
  3. 子孫。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」 + 「冊」 + 音符「司」。「つぐ」を意味する漢語｛嗣｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

heir, succeed

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • つかさ
  • つぎ
  • つぐ
  • ひで
Other languages
  • 拼音si4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtTự

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+55E3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰⿱口𠕁司

Words using this kanji

  • 嗣し後を受け継ぐ。引き受ける。 世継ぎ。跡継ぎ。後継者。相続人。 子孫。succession, successor
  • 嗣子しし一家を継ぐ者。heir
  • 嗣業しぎょうGod's gift (esp. the promised land), inheritance, heritage

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-5
Four Corner
6722.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d10.13
Heisig
2011
Nelson
969