嗣 (heir, succeed) - Kanji Codex

嗣

heir, succeed

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

あきつかさつぎつぐひで

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:2310

Vocabulary

シ

Word	Reading	Meaning
継嗣	ケイシ	successor; heir; heiress
後嗣	コウシ	heir; successor
嗣子	シシ	heir
世嗣	セイシ	heir; successor
嫡嗣	チャクシ	legitimate heir

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
嗣ぐ	つぐ	to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath); to connect (stones)
嗣ぐ	ツぐ	to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow; to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath); to connect (stones)
天つ日嗣	あまつひつぎ	imperial throne
世嗣	よつぎ	heir; successor
嗣	し	succession; successor

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