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Kanji Detail for 嫁 - "to marry, bride"

嫁

  • Meaning

    嫁 means "to marry, bride." Also associated with to shift blame.

    1. To marry - To become a bride; to wed.

    2. To shift blame - To push guilt or responsibility onto others.

    3. Bride - Son's wife; daughter-in-law.

  • Words using 嫁

    • 花嫁 はなよめ Listen bride
    • 転嫁 てんか Listen imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck
    • 嫁ぐ とつぐ Listen to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

  • Four-character idioms with 嫁

    • 責任転嫁 せきにんてんか Listen shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck

  • Tattoo check: 嫁

    • Verified meaning: to marry, bride
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to shift blame

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    marry into; bride

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to marry, give a daughter in marriage

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to marry, to give a daughter in marriage

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A woman going to her husband. (Book of Rites) "A woman marries at twenty." | Shifting blame onto others is called 嫁禍. See (Records of the Grand Historian).

  • Onyomi

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    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

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    iku(いく) いく

    totsu.gu(とつ-ぐ) とつ-ぐ

    yome(よめ) よめ

    yu.ku(ゆ-く) ゆ-く

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to marry to shift blame bride daughter-in-law ceremony commitment dowry husband marriage matrimony spouse union wed wife

Sentences including 嫁

  • Mr smith married his daughter to a doctor.

  • Pass the buck.

  • The bride looked very beautiful.

  • He is father to the bride.

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