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嗣 Kanji meaning "heir, succeed"

Jiten frequency #2991JLPT N1SecondaryKanken Level 準2RTKKLC Volume 513 strokes

Meanings

heir, succeed

On'yomi

シ

Composed of

口mouthradical
冊tome
司directorphonetic

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

継(けい)嗣(し)successor#100766嗣(し)子(し)heir#124769嗣(し)succession#136147後(こう)嗣(し)heir#153916正嗣(まさし)Shouji#164710養(よう)嗣(し)子(し)adoptive heir#209504嗣(し)業(ぎょう)God's gift (esp. the promised land)#216847皇(こう)嗣(し)Imperial heir#259104高嗣(たかし)Takashi#285647法嗣(ほうし)Houshi#292669

Most common words using this kanji

嗣(あきら)Akira#82440継(けい)嗣(し)successor#100766切嗣(きりつぐ)Kiritsugu#114463嗣(つ)ぐto succeed (a person, to a position, etc.)#121384嗣(し)子(し)heir#124769嗣(し)succession#136147後(こう)嗣(し)heir#153916世嗣(よつぎ)heir#157633正嗣(まさし)Shouji#164710森博嗣(もりひろし)Mori Hiroshi (1957-)#167524博嗣(ひろし)Hiroshi#191609嗣夫(つぎお)Tsugio#204161養(よう)嗣(し)子(し)adoptive heir#209504真嗣(まさつぐ)Shinji#213571崇嗣(たかし)Takashi#213807嗣(し)業(ぎょう)God's gift (esp. the promised land)#216847直嗣(ただつぐ)Tadashi#217221兼嗣(かねつぐ)Kanetsugu#218710嗣郎(つぎお)Shirou#228607義嗣(よしじ)Yoshiji#242802
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