Chinese symbol for “dowry”
嫁妆
jià zhuang
Traditional: 嫁妝
dowry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dowry is 嫁妆 (jià zhuang), defined as: dowry.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dowry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陪嫁 | péi jià | dowry |
| 陪送 | péi sòng | dowry; to give as a dowry |
| 嫁资 (嫁資) | jià zī | dowry; measure word: 份 (fèn), 笔 (bǐ) |
| 陪奁 (陪奩) | péi lián | dowry |
| 天资 (天資) | tiān zī | innate talent; gift |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 嫁妆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出嫁 | chū jià | to get married (of woman) |
| 嫁人 | jià rén | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband |
| 嫁接 | jià jiē | to graft (a branch or bud onto a rootstock) |
| 转嫁 (轉嫁) | zhuǎn jià | to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) |
| 婚嫁 | hūn jià | marriage |
| 化妆品 (化妝品) | huà zhuāng pǐn | cosmetic; makeup product |
| 化妆 (化妝) | huà zhuāng | to put on makeup |
| 彩妆 (彩妝) | cǎi zhuāng | makeup; cosmetics |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dowry”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.