The kanji 嫁: meaning, readings and stroke order

嫁

Meaning: bride, marry into
On reading: カ ka
Kun reading: よめ yome、とつ（ぐ） totsugu
Strokes: 13
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nàng dâu, đi lấy chồng (giá)
Japanese: よめ。およめにいく。
Korean: 며느리, 시집가다 (가)
Chinese: 媳妇、出嫁

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading · less common

転てん嫁か
shifting (blame) onto others
責任を 転てん嫁かしてはいけません。
You must not push the blame onto others.

よめ yome · kun reading

嫁よめ
bride, wife (of a son or brother)
兄の 嫁よめがあいさつに来ました。
My big brother's wife came to say hello.

とつ（ぐ） totsugu · kun reading · less common

嫁とつぐ
to marry (into a family)
姉がとなり町に 嫁とつぎました。
My big sister got married and moved to the next town.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.