Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)
On:
チャクテキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嫡出 【チャクシュツ】 legitimate birth
  • 嫡子 【チャクシ】 legitimate child
  • 正嫡 【セイチャク】 legal wife, her child, main family
  • 廃嫡 【ハイチャク】 disinheritance
  • 嫡出 【チャクシュツ】 legitimate birth
  • 嫡出子 【チャクシュツシ】 legitimate child
  • 正嫡 【セイチャク】 legal wife, her child, main family

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • hijo legítimo
  • descendiente directo
  • heredero

Portuguese

  • esposa legítima
  • descendência direta (não-bastarda)

French

  • légitime (enfant, femme)
  • descendant direct (légitime)
1582 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2032 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1253 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1385 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1932 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2117 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1870 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
453 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
839 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
484 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
447 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6656 Morohashi
680 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1263 New Nelson (John Haig)
440 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
472 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1698 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1749 2001 Kanji
3e11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
4042.7 Four corner code
1-35-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ae1 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
wife, spouse
Kun:
つま
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 妻 【サイ】 one's wife
  • 妻子 【サイシ】 wife and children, wife
  • 先妻 【センサイ】 former wife, late wife
  • 後妻 【ゴサイ】 second wife

Kun reading compounds

  • 妻 【つま】 wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)
  • 妻 【つま】 my dear, dear, honey
  • 駐妻 【ちゅうつま】 expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee
  • 我が妻 【わがつま】 my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband

Readings

Japanese names:
ずま、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qi4
Korean:
cheo

Spanish

  • esposa
  • mujer
  • esposa propia

Portuguese

  • esposa
  • cônjuge

French

  • épouse
  • femme
790 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
708 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
681 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
767 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
861 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
959 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
671 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
596 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1907 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6140 Morohashi
2558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1200 New Nelson (John Haig)
1889 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
683 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1469 2001 Kanji
3e5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
5040.4 Four corner code
1-26-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59bb Unicode hex code