嫡

legitimate wife

Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingチャク、テキ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

legitimate wifeRtK
direct descent (non-bastard)

heir
legitimate child

Radicals and components

Radical女woman

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · antique · vase · stand up (立) · hood (冂) · old (古) · tombstone · gravestone · church · ten (十) · needle (丨) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 472

Compound words

嫡子ちゃくし

heir; legitimate child

嫡出ちゃくしゅつ

legitimate birth

正嫡せいちゃく

嫡妻ちゃくさい

one's legal wife

嫡嗣ちゃくし

legitimate heir

嫡孫ちゃくそん

eldest son's descendants

嫡男ちゃくなん

legitimate son (esp. eldest son)

嫡披ちゃくひ

confidential letter

嫡流ちゃくりゅう

lineage of eldest son

廃嫡はいちゃく

嫡出子ちゃくしゅつし

legitimate child

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 嫡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step