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嫁

嫁 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「女」+音符「家」。「とつぐ」を意味する漢語｛嫁｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

marry into, bride

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カHS
Kun (native)
  • よめJHS
  • とつ(ぐ)JHS
  • い(く)
  • ゆ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音jia4
  • 한글ga
  • Hán-ViệtGiá

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

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5AC1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女家

Words using this kanji

  • 嫁よめ「よめ」を参照。bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife
  • 嫁入りよめいり「よめいり」の漢字表記。marriage (of a woman), marrying into a husband's family, becoming a bride, wedding
  • 嫁ぐとつぐとつぐを参照。to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family), to have sexual intercourse
  • 嫁ぎ先とつぎさきfamily a woman has married into
  • 嫁菜よめなAster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
  • 嫁御よめごbride, one's daughter-in-law
  • 嫁すかすto wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 嫁姑よめしゅうとめdaughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
  • 嫁ぎとつぎmarrying into (a family), being married off, sexual intercourse
  • 嫁期かき女性が嫁にいくのに最適な年頃。婚期。marriageable age
  • 嫁取りよめとりtaking a wife
  • 嫁入るよめいるto wed, to marry a man
  • 嫁はんよめはんwife
  • 嫁さんよめさんwife
  • 嫁するかする嫁に行く。 責任などを他に転じる。to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 嫁が笠よめがかさCellana toreuma (species of limpet)
  • 嫁が君よめがきみmouse
  • 嫁祝いよめいわいtraditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility
  • 嫁選びよめえらびchoosing a wife
  • 嫁探しよめさがしsearching for a bride, looking for a wife

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-10
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4343.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e10.6
Heisig
581
Nelson
1249