嫁
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(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 女 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 嫁
- Common rank
- #2,040
- Unicode
- U+5AC1
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Formation & memory
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Words with 嫁
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天要下雨，娘要嫁人 | (lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying); (fig.) some thing… | |
| 皇帝女儿不愁嫁 | 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 | men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (prove… | |
| 嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗 | if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom) | |
| 嫁鸡随鸡 | If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her hus… | |
| 男婚女嫁 | to celebrate a wedding | |
| 嫁祸于人 | to pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck | |
| 谈婚论嫁 | (idiom) (of a couple) to discuss getting married | |
| 嫁人 | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband | |
| 下嫁 | (of a woman) to marry a man of lower social status; to marry down | |
| 出嫁 | to get married (of woman) | |
| 外嫁 | (of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner | |
| 新嫁娘 | bride | |
| 转嫁 | to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc); t… | |
| 嫁女 | to marry off a daughter | |
| 嫁装 | variant of 嫁妝|嫁妆[jia4 zhuang5] | |
| 嫁接 | to graft (a branch or bud onto a rootstock) | |
| 远嫁 | to marry a man who lives in a distant place | |
| 嫁资 | dowry; CL:份[fen4],筆|笔[bi3] | |
| 改嫁 | to remarry (of a woman) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 家 — compare how they read.