嗣
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succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 口 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 嗣
- Common rank
- #2,955
- Unicode
- U+55E3
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Formation & memory
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Words with 嗣
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗣子 | heir; adopted son | |
| 子嗣 | son; heir | |
| 嗣国 | to accede to a throne | |
| 嗣后 | from then on; after; afterwards; thereafter | |
| 后嗣 | heir; descendant; posterity | |
| 嗣位 | to succeed to a title; to inherit | |
| 嗣响 | lit. a following echo; fig. to continue (a tradition) | |
| 谭嗣同 | Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子… | |
| 继嗣 | to continue; to continue a family line; posterity; heir | |
| 倪嗣冲 | Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] dur… | |
| 嗣岁 | the following year; next year | |
| 嗣徽 | heritage; the continuation (of a tradition) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 司 — compare how they read.