嗣 — kanji meaning “heir”
嗣
heir, succeed
- Meanings
- heir, succeed
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- あき、つかさ、つぎ、つぐ、ひで
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2310 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- sì — Chinese character page
Words with 嗣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皇嗣 | こうし koushi | Imperial heir; Crown Prince |
| 嗣子 | しし shishi | heir |
| 継嗣 | けいし keishi | successor; heir; heiress |
| 嗣業 | しぎょう shigyou | God's gift (esp. the promised land); inheritance; heritage |
| 養嗣子 | ようしし youshishi | adoptive heir |
| 日嗣 | ひつぎ hitsugi | imperial throne |
| 後嗣 | こうし koushi | heir; successor |
| 嫡嗣 | ちゃくし chakushi | legitimate heir |
| 天つ日嗣 | あまつひつぎ amatsuhitsugi | imperial throne |
| 令嗣 | れいし reishi | your heir; his heir |
| 限嗣相続 | げんしそうぞく genshisouzoku | entail (in Western common law); fee tail |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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