嫁

嫁 U+5AC1, 嫁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5AC1 ← 嫀 [U+5AC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 嫂 → [U+5AC2]

Translingual

Han character

嫁 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女十一人 (VJMO), four-corner 4343₂, composition ⿰女家)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6602
• Dae Jaweon: page 536, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1073, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5AC1

Chinese

trad.		嫁
simp. #		嫁

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (家) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
家	*kraː
傢	*kraː
幏	*kraː, *kraːs
稼	*kraːs
嫁	*kraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːs) : semantic 女 + phonetic 家 (OC *kraː).

Etymology

Exoactive of 家 (OC *kraː, “home, house”), with the addition of the denominal verbalisation suffix *-s in Old Chinese, meaning “to go to one's new home; to become married”. In the Baxter–Sagart system, an additional pronunciation is posited for the causative sense (“to make someone become married; to marry off”), formed with the prolific Old Chinese causative prefix *s-. Compare 娶.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ka
• Eastern Min (BUC): gá
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga⁴ / gor⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kà / kè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gê³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jià
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴
    • Yale: jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa³
    • Yale: ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ka
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ka⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑ²¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁴²/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ⁴²/

Note:

• ga4 - literary;
• gor4 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà
    • Tâi-lô: kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kax
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ka²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè
    • Tâi-lô: kè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ke²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹/

Note:

• kà/kèe - literary;
• kè - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gê³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kè
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ke²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ka
    • MiniDict: ka^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kaeH

Rime
Character	嫁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古訝切
Baxter	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨH/
Li Rong	/kaH/
Wang Li	/kaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤra-s/, /*s-kˤra-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嫁	嫁
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jià	jià
Middle Chinese	‹ kæH ›	‹ kæH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁra-s/	/*s-kˁra-s/
English	go (as a bride) to one"s new home	send (one’s daughter) as a bride
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嫁
Reading #	1/1
No.	5923
Phonetic component	家
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駕
Old Chinese	/*kraːs/

Definitions

嫁

1. (of a woman) to marry; to become married to

   嫁不出去  ―  jià bù chūqù  ―  to be unable to get married (to anyone); to be left on the shelf

   她去年嫁給了大學同學。 [MSC, trad.]
   她去年嫁给了大学同学。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā qùnián jià gěi le dàxué tóngxué. [Pinyin]

   She married her university classmate last year.

2. to give a daughter in marriage; to marry off

   嫁女兒／嫁女儿  ―  jià nǚ'ér  ―  to give a daughter in marriage; to try to marry off a daughter

3. (figurative) to transfer; to shift (harm, charge, etc.); to put the (blame) on another person

   嫁禍於人／嫁祸于人  ―  jiàhuòyúrén  ―  to shift the blame on others

4. a surname: Jia

Synonyms

• (to marry):

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• 作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成家 (chéngjiā) (of a man)
• 成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合／结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結／联结 (liánjié)

 

• (to transfer):

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• 徙動／徙动 (Hokkien)
• 挪 (nuó)
• 挪動／挪动 (nuódòng)
• 挪移 (nuóyí)
• 搬動／搬动 (bāndòng)
• 搬徙 (Hokkien)
• 搬移 (bānyí)
• 移動／移动 (yídòng)
• 移徙 (yíxǐ) (literary, or Min Nan)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 轉移／转移 (zhuǎnyí)
• 騰挪／腾挪 (téngnuó)

 

Coordinate terms

• 娶 (qǔ)

Compounds

• 下嫁 (xiàjià)
• 再嫁 (zàijià)
• 出嫁 (chūjià)
• 前婚後嫁／前婚后嫁
• 女大須嫁／女大须嫁
• 女嫁男婚
• 女長須嫁／女长须嫁
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 嫁人 (jiàrén)
• 嫁奩／嫁奁
• 嫁妝／嫁妆 (jiàzhuāng)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 嫁接 (jiàjiē)
• 嫁棗／嫁枣
• 嫁狗隨狗／嫁狗随狗
• 嫁禍／嫁祸 (jiàhuò)
• 嫁禍於人／嫁祸于人 (jiàhuòyúrén)
• 嫁資／嫁资
• 嫁雞逐雞／嫁鸡逐鸡
• 嫁雞隨雞／嫁鸡随鸡
• 後嫁／后嫁
• 從嫁／从嫁
• 所嫁非人
• 招嫁
• 抱嫁
• 改嫁 (gǎijià)
• 新嫁娘
• 為人作嫁／为人作嫁
• 男婚女嫁
• 發嫁／发嫁
• 盲婚啞嫁／盲婚哑嫁 (mánghūnyǎjià)
• 租稅轉嫁／租税转嫁
• 聘嫁
• 許嫁／许嫁 (xǔjià)
• 論及婚嫁／论及婚嫁
• 賠嫁／赔嫁
• 贈嫁／赠嫁
• 轉嫁／转嫁 (zhuǎnjià)
• 逃嫁
• 過嫁妝／过嫁妆
• 鍾馗嫁妹／钟馗嫁妹
• 陪嫁 (péijià)
• 雲英未嫁／云英未嫁

 

References

• “嫁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “嫁”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 103.

Japanese

Kanji

嫁

(Jōyō kanji)

1. bride

Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
• Kun: よめ (yome, 嫁, Jōyō)、とつぐ (totsugu, 嫁ぐ, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嫁
よめ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 嫁 – see the following entry.

【よめ】 [noun] bride [noun] daughter in law [noun] (archaic, now chiefly Kansai) wife [noun] (Internet slang) waifu or husbando

(This term, 嫁, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 嫁 (MC kaeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 가〯 (kǎ) (Yale: ka) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

嫁 (eumhun 시집갈 가 (sijipgal ga))

1. hanja form^? of 가 (“to marry; give a daughter in marriage”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 전가 (轉嫁, jeon'ga)
• 개가 (改嫁, gaega)
• 출가 (出嫁, chulga)
• 출가외인 (出嫁外人, chulgaoein)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

嫁: Hán Nôm readings: giá, gả, gá

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