嫡
direct descent (non-bastard), legitimate wife

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

チャクテキ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:14
JLPT:1
Frequency:2130

Vocabulary

チャク

WordReadingMeaning
嫡出チャクシュツlegitimate birth
嫡子チャクシheir; legitimate child
嫡嗣チャクシlegitimate heir
嫡出子チャクシュツシlegitimate child
嫡孫チャクソンeldest son's descendants

テキ

WordReadingMeaning
嫡出テキシュツlegitimate birth
嫡出子テキシュツシlegitimate child
正嫡セイテキlegal wife; her child; main family
非嫡出子ヒテキシュツシillegitimate child

Other

WordReadingMeaning
嫡腹むかいばらchild born to one's legal wife (as opposed to one's concubine, etc.)
嫡妻こなみfirst wife; legal wife
嫡々ちゃくちゃくlegitimate family succession; direct family lineage

Visually Similar Kanji

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摘
clip, pick, pinch, pluck, summarize, trim
Grade 8JLPT 1
滴
drip, drop
Grade 8JLPT 2
商
dealing in, make a deal, merchant, selling
Grade 3JLPT 3
培
cultivate, foster
Grade 8JLPT 1
倍
double, fold, times, twice
Grade 3JLPT 2
適
capable, occasional, qualified, rare, suitable
Grade 5JLPT 3
陪
accompany, attend on, follow, obeisance
Grade 8JLPT 1
唐
China, T'ang, foreign
Grade 8JLPT N/A
姉
elder sister
Grade 2JLPT 4
尚
esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Grade 8JLPT 1