嫁
嫁 — Marry into
marry into, bride
On’yomiカ (ka)
Kun’yomiよめ (yome)
Kun’yomiとつぐ (totsugu)
Kun’yomiいく (iku)
Kun’yomiゆく (yuku)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 嫁
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫁 | よめ yome | bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife |
| 花嫁 | はなよめ hanayome | bride |
| 嫁ぐ | とつぐ totsugu | to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family) |
| 転嫁 | てんか tenka | imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck |
| 嫁入り | よめいり yomeiri | marriage; wedding |
| 責任転嫁 | せきにんてんか sekinintenka | shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck |
Study notes
嫁 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1581 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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