壻
xù
son-in-law
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Most common words with 壻
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
son-in-law | ||
husband | ||
(literary) husband | ||
my son-in-law (humble) | ||
son's daughter's husband |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[s]ˤ[i][j]-s | sejH | xù | son-in-law |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.4576% of movies
3163rd most common character in movies
3115th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+58FB |
Shuowen | “壻，夫也。从土，胥聲。《詩》曰：‘女也不爽，士貳其行。’士者，夫也。讀與細同。婿，壻或从女。” |
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