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嗣 — Heir

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#2310 most used
heir, succeed
On’yomi (shi)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Study notes

嗣 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2310 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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