嫡 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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dí

legal wife

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

啇 Sound component

dì

stalk, stem, root

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dí

legal wife, child of legal wife; first wife; son of first wife

Most common words with 嫡

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	嫡系	direct line of descent
	嫡	first wife
	嫡传	handed down in a direct line from the founder
	嫡亲	closely related by blood
	嫡子	son of first wife

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*tˤek	tek	dí	son of principal wife

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3746th most common character in books

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