The kanji 嫡: meaning, readings and stroke order

嫡

Meaning: legitimate heir
On reading: チャク chaku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dòng chính (gia tộc) (đích)
Japanese: いえをつぐほんけのちすじ。
Korean: 적통, 정실의 자식 (적)
Chinese: 嫡系、嫡子

Readings, words and example sentences

チャク chaku · on reading · less common

嫡ちゃく子し
heir (eldest son of the main line)
嫡ちゃく子しがあとをつぎます。
The heir carries on the family line.

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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.