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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: チャク, テキ

Composition: 女 啇

嫡

Radical

Radical: 女

Meaning: woman, female

Reading: おんな

Frequency: 681

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

女

Examples

Onyomi Examples

嫡出 (チャクシュツ) legitimate birth

嫡子 (チャクシ) heir, legitimate child

正嫡 (セイチャク) legal wife, her child, main family

廃嫡 (ハイチャク) disinheritance

嫡出 (チャクシュツ) legitimate birth

嫡出子 (チャクシュツシ) legitimate child

正嫡 (セイチャク) legal wife, her child, main family

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