漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嫁: marry into, bride
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
女 carries the meaning · 家 gives the sound
13 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 転嫁てんかimputation
よめyome · kun'yomi · on its own
- 嫁よめbride
- 花嫁はなよめbride
- 嫁入りよめいりmarriage (of a woman)
とつぐtotsugu · kun'yomi
- 嫁ぐとつぐto marry (of a woman); to get married (to)
- 嫁ぎ先とつぎさきfamily a woman has married into
Also read いく, ゆく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嫁 marry into · 女
vs稼 earnings · 禾In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jià
Same form: 嫁 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 嫁 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嫁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jià 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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