嫁

Translingual

Han character

嫁 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女十一人 (VJMO), four-corner 4343₂, composition ⿰女家)

1. to marry, give a daughter in marriage
2. a nymph

References

• KangXi: page 268, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6602
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1073, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5AC1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

嫁 (Yale ga3)

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Japanese

Kanji

嫁 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: か (ka), け (ke)
• Kun: とつぐ (totsugu), よめ (yome)

Compounds

• 狐の嫁入り (きつねのよめいり, kitsune no yomeiri): lit. a "fox bride"
• 自然嫁 (しぜんよめ, shizen yome): lit. "nature bride;" a nymph
• 山嫁 (やまよめ, yama yome): lit. a "mountain bride;" a mountain nymph
• 川嫁 (かわよめ, kawa yome): lit. a "river/water bride;" a river/water nymph
• 森嫁 (もりよめ, mori yome): lit. a "forest bride;" a forest nymph

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Korean

Hanja

嫁 (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嫁 (pinyin jià (jia4), Wade-Giles chia⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嫁 (giá, gả, gá)