嗣

Han character edit

嗣 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口月尸一口 (RBSMR), four-corner 6722₀, composition ⿰⿱口𠕁司)

1. to connect, inherit
2. descendants, heirs

Derived characters edit

• 𭺂, 𦽊, 𫲱

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 203, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4109
• Dae Jaweon: page 426, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 667, character 11
• Unihan data for U+55E3

Glyph origin edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

嗣

1. (literary) to inherit; to continue

   • 子產而死，誰其嗣之？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子产而死，谁其嗣之？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Zǐchǎn ér sǐ, shéi qí sì zhī? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 青青子衿，悠悠我心。縱我不往，子寧不嗣音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     青青子衿，悠悠我心。纵我不往，子宁不嗣音。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qīngqīng zǐ jīn, yōuyōu wǒ xīn. Zòng wǒ bù wǎng, zǐ nìng bú sìyīn. [Pinyin]

     Blue-green are your collars. Anxious is my heart. Though I do not go, would you not continue your letters?

2. (literary) descendants

   • 信也，吾兄之盛德而夭其嗣乎？ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: c. 803, Liu Zongyuan, 祭十二郎文

     Xìn yě, wú xiōng zhī shèngdé ér yāo qí sì hū? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (literary) heir; successor
4. (literary) soon after

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to inherit; to succeed (take over a position). See the variant form: 継ぐ.

Readings edit

• Go-on: じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
• Kun: つぐ (tsugu, 嗣ぐ)

Hanja edit

嗣 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa)

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Han character edit

嗣: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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