嫁
(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,040 U+5AC1
How 嫁 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 家 (phonetic, jiā)
How to remember it
marry · Heisig RSH #1753
女 woman + flophouse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 家
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 家 (jiā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家 sound component | jiā | house, home, residence; family |
| 稼 | jià | crops; to sow grain |
| 镓 | jiā | gallium |
Words containing 嫁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天要下雨，娘要嫁人 | tiān yào xià yǔ , niáng yào jià rén | (lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying); (fig.) some thing… |
| 皇帝女儿不愁嫁 | huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jià | lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)… |
| 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 | nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng | men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (prove… |
| 嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗 | jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu | if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom) |
| 嫁鸡随鸡 | jià jī suí jī | If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her hus… |
| 男婚女嫁 | nán hūn nǚ jià | to celebrate a wedding |
| 嫁祸于人 | jià huò yú rén | to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck |
| 谈婚论嫁 | tán hūn lùn jià | (idiom) (of a couple) to discuss getting married |
| 嫁人 | jià rén | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband |
| 下嫁 | xià jià | (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; to marry down |
| 出嫁 | chū jià | to get married (of woman) |
| 外嫁 | wài jià | (of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner |
| 新嫁娘 | xīn jià niáng | bride |
| 转嫁 | zhuǎn jià | to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc); t… |
| 嫁女 | jià nǚ | to marry off a daughter |
| 嫁装 | jià zhuang | variant of 嫁妝|嫁妆[jia4 zhuang5] |
| 嫁接 | jià jiē | to graft (a branch or bud onto a rootstock) |
| 远嫁 | yuǎn jià | to marry a man who lives in a distant place |
| 嫁资 | jià zī | dowry; CL:份[fen4],筆|笔[bi3] |
| 改嫁 | gǎi jià | to remarry (of a woman) |