嫡 — kanji meaning “legitimate wife”
嫡
legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)
- Meanings
- legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)
- On'yomi
- チャク (chaku)、テキ (teki)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2130 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- dí — Chinese character page
Words with 嫡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫡出 | ちゃくしゅつ chakushutsu | legitimate birth |
| 嫡子 | ちゃくし chakushi | heir |
| 嫡男 | ちゃくなん chakunan | legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir |
| 嫡流 | ちゃくりゅう chakuryuu | direct line of descent; lineage of eldest son; main branch of a family |
| 廃嫡 | はいちゃく haichaku | disinheritance |
| 嫡女 | ちゃくじょ chakujo | eldest daughter of a married couple; eldest legitimate daughter |
| 嫡嗣 | ちゃくし chakushi | legitimate heir |
| 嫡出子 | ちゃくしゅつし chakushutsushi | legitimate child |
| 嫡孫 | ちゃくそん chakuson | eldest son's descendants |
| 嫡披 | ちゃくひ chakuhi | confidential letter |
| 正嫡 | せいちゃく seichaku | legal wife; her child; main family |
| 嫡妻 | ちゃくさい chakusai | one's legal wife; legitimate wife |
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