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嫡

Readings

Kana: チャク、テキ
Romaji: chaku, teki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  38
Frequency:  2130
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  jeog
Chinese Reading:  di2
Unicode:  5ae1
JIS:  4364

Indexes

Halpern Index: 680
Nelson Index: 1253
New Nelson Index: 1263
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e11.5
Four Corner Index: 4042.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1582
Gakken Index: 2032
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6656
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0751
Remembering the kanji Index: 440
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1201
Kodansha Compact Index: 453
Kanji in Context Index: 1870
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 484
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 620
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 447
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 472
Essential Kanji Index: 1385
Kodansha Kanji Index: 839
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1749
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1698

Words

嫡男 (ちゃくなん)
heir; eldest son
嫡流 (ちゃくりゅう)
lineage of eldest son
廃嫡 (はいちゃく)
disinheritance
嫡孫 (ちゃくそん)
eldest son's descendants
嫡出子 (ちゃくしゅつし、てきしゅつし)
legitimate child
嫡子 (ちゃくし)
legitimate child
嫡出 (ちゃくしゅつ、てきしゅつ)
legitimate birth
非嫡出子 (ひちゃくしゅつし、ひてきしゅつし)
illegitimate child
嫡披 (ちゃくひ)
confidential letter
正嫡 (せいちゃく、せいてき)
legal wife; her child; main family
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