嫁 – marry into, bride

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1581 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 嫁 means marry into, bride. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よめ、とつ.ぐ、い.く、ゆ.く (yome, totsugu, iku, yuku). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	よめ	yome
Kun’yomi	とつ.ぐ	totsugu
Kun’yomi	い.く	iku
Kun’yomi	ゆ.く	yuku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 女・宀・豕.

Words using 嫁

嫁よめbride花嫁はなよめbride

Example sentences

どんな男にもそれ相当の嫁のきてがあるもの。

Every Jack must have his Jill.

Tatoeba #199386

古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。

In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.

Tatoeba #174602

花嫁はたいへん美しく見えた。

The bride looked very beautiful.

Tatoeba #186596

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉

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