嫁

marry into

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingカ

Kun readingよめ、とつ.ぐ、い.く、ゆ.く

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

marry intoRtK
責任を転嫁する。Pass the buck.tatoeba
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.tatoeba
bride
彼が花嫁の父親です。He is father to the bride.tatoeba

(one's) daughter-in-law
wife

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical女woman

Components

How it's built

嫁

→
→
- →
  - →
- →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

woman (女) · house · sow · pig

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 581

Compound words

嫁ぐとつぐ

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); to have sexual intercourse

花嫁はなよめ

転嫁てんか

imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage

嫁入りよめいり

marriage; wedding

嫁菜よめな

Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)

嫁入よめいり

兄嫁あによめ

elder brother's wife

再嫁さいか

remarriage (of a woman)

惣嫁そうか

streetwalker (Edo period)

嫁取りよめとり

お嫁さんおよめさん

花嫁衣裳はなよめいしょう

責任転嫁せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

Additional Examples

花嫁姿の彼女は一段と美しかった。

She was all the more beautiful dressed in her wedding costume.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 嫁

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