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嫁

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

marry

HSK 7 N1

Human →Actions

jià

カ

よめ、とつ.ぐ、い.く、ゆ.く

가

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

女 woman+ 家 house =

嫁 marry

女 Meaning component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

家 Phonetic component

jiā house

see 傢伙|家伙[jiāhuo]

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

嫁

Regular

Modern

Chinese

嫁 [jià]

(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)

Japanese

嫁、娵 (rare) 、婦 (rare) 、媳 (rare) よめ同音

noun

bride
(one's) daughter-in-law
ksb wife

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

Every Jack must have his Jill.

古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。

In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.

CHINESE WORDS (36)

嫁人 [jiàrén] #16,384

to get married (of woman)

转嫁 [zhuǎnjià] #26,830

to remarry (of widow)

转嫁 [zhuǎnjià] #26,830

to remarry (of widow)

出嫁 [chūjià] #23,673

to get married (of woman)

嫁接 [jiàjiē] #33,732

to graft (a branch to a rootstock)

嫁妆 [jiàzhuang] #19,022

嫁妆 [jiàzhuang] #19,022

改嫁 [gǎijià] #31,192

to remarry (of a woman)

婚嫁 [hūnjià] #30,902

嫁娶 [jiàqǔ] #64,773

26 more items

JAPANESE WORDS (59)

⭐ 片付ける [かたづける] #3,317

to put in order

⭐ 嫁 [よめ] #3,807

⭐ 嫁ぐ [とつぐ] #8,512

to marry (of a woman)

お嫁さん [およめさん] #8,874

⭐ 花嫁 [はなよめ] #8,902

嫁に行く [よめにいく] #17,667

to marry (of a woman)

嫁さん [よめさん] #19,260

⭐ 嫁入り [よめいり] #21,899

許嫁 [いいなずけ] #22,014

嫁ぎ先 [とつぎさき] #30,765

family a woman has married into

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KOREAN WORDS (2)

woman's remarriage