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嗣

JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #2310

Meanings

Heir, Succeed

Radicals

口

Decomposition

⿰⿱口冊司

Etymology

Pictophonetic: book

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 vertical top-to-bottom

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-to-top

5 hook bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 hook right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

13 words total

Other (13 words)

継嗣けいし

successor

後嗣こうし

heir

heir

嫡嗣ちゃくし

legitimate heir

天つ日嗣あまつひつぎ

imperial throne

養嗣子ようしし

adoptive heir

皇嗣こうし

Imperial heir

令嗣れいし

your heir

嗣業しぎょう

succeeding to a business

succession

限嗣相続げんしそうぞく

entail (in Western common law)

日嗣ひつぎ

imperial throne

日嗣の皇子ひつぎのみこ

Crown Prince (of Japan)