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嫡 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
準2High school level ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
チャク・テキちゃく・てき · chaku · teki
Kun
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Meaning
legitimate heir

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman plus correctness: the lawful wife, and the legitimate heir born to her.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチャクちゃくchaku嫡子ちゃくし嫡流ちゃくりゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 嫡子ちゃくし

    legitimate child; heir

  • 嫡流ちゃくりゅう

    main line of descent

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

嫡子(ちゃくし)が家(いえ)を継(つ)ぐことになった。

The legitimate heir was to succeed to the house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

嫡子嫡流嫡子child流flow妃queen妊pregna…姻marria…娠pregna…媒mediat…狄a nort…杓ladle迪a way的target荻reed
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 女Map of reading チャクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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