JLPT N1 · 14 strokes
Kanji 嫡: "legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)"
The kanji 嫡 means "legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read チャク, テキ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チャクテキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 2130 of 2,501 |
Common words with 嫡
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 嫡男legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
- 嫡子heir · legitimate child
- 廃嫡disinheritance
- 嫡流direct line of descent; lineage of eldest son; main branch of a family; legitimate lineage
- 嫡孫eldest son's descendants
- 正嫡legal wife; her child; main family
- 非嫡出子illegitimate child
- 嫡出子legitimate child
- 嫡出legitimate birth
- 嫡出推定presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce
- 嫡妻one's legal wife; legitimate wife
- 嫡嗣legitimate heir
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