嫡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dí
Cantonese: dik1
JapaneseKun: YOTSUGI
JapaneseOn: CHAKU TEKI
Korean: CEK
Vietnamese: đích

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: legal wife, child of legal wife

CE-Dict: first wife/son of first wife

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.of lineal descent

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: of lineal descent

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: of lineal descent

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》嫡孎也。从女啻聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】嫡
【廣韻】都歷切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】丁歷切，𠀤音的。【增韻】正室曰嫡，正室所生之子曰嫡子。一曰嫡，敵也，言無與敵也。【左傳·閔二年】內寵𠀤后，嬖子配嫡，亂之本也。　又嫡母曰民母。見【前漢·衞靑傳註】。通作適。別作的。　又【集韻】陟革切，音摘。孎也。　又竹益切，音𪐏。嫡孎，女審諦貌。
考證：〔【左傳·閔元年】內寵𠀤后，嬖子配嫡。〕　謹照原文元年改二年。

CF-Dict: épouse légitime/première femme