漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嗣: heir, succeed
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 and 冊 carry the meaning · 司 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 嗣しsuccession; successor
- 後嗣こうしheir; successor
- 嗣子ししheir
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
冊
Also built on tome (冊)
司
Also built on director (司)
嗣 takes the 司 family's reading, シ (shi).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嗣 heir · 口 + 冊
vs詞 part of speech · 言In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sì
Same form: 嗣 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 嗣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嗣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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