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嫡

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legal wife

HSK 10 N1

Human →Relations →Family

dí

チャク、テキ

적

Components

女 woman+ 啇 stalk =

嫡 legal wife

女 Meaning component

nǚ woman

woman, girl

woman

啇 Phonetic component

dì stalk

to stalk

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

嫡

Regular

Modern

Chinese

嫡 [dí]

first wife; son of first wife

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (6)

嫡系 [díxì] #35,171

direct line of descent

嫡传 [díchuán] #48,428

handed down in a direct line from the founder

嫡传 [díchuán] #48,428

handed down in a direct line from the founder

嫡亲 [díqīn] #52,018

closely related by blood

嫡亲 [díqīn] #52,018

closely related by blood

嫡子 [dízǐ] #53,995

son of first wife

JAPANESE WORDS (19)

嫡男 [ちゃくなん] #18,508

legitimate son (esp. eldest son)

⭐ 嫡子 [ちゃくし] #27,614

廃嫡 [はいちゃく] #37,784

前妻 [ぜんさい] #56,262

嫡流 [ちゃくりゅう] #79,837

lineage of eldest son

当腹 [とうふく] #88,011

child born to one's current wife

嫡孫 [ちゃくそん] #103,684

eldest son's descendants

正嫡 [せいちゃく] #124,303

非嫡出子 [ひちゃくしゅつし] #128,181

illegitimate child

嫡出子 [ちゃくしゅつし] #137,132

legitimate child

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