嫡

dí

(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine…

Radical: 女 Strokes: 14

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑婚妆娇

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Character Decomposition

嫡=女+啇

Etymology

woman

Meanings

(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶 shù)

dí

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Words with 嫡 19 total

handed down in a direct line from the founder嫡传dí chuán born of the wife (i.e. not of a concubine)嫡出dí chū having the same paternal grandfather but different father嫡堂dí táng son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子 shù zǐ)嫡子dí zǐ father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife)嫡母dí mǔ direct line of descent · under one's personal command · school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine嫡系dí xì closely related by blood嫡亲dí qīn

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