嫡

Meaning

嫡 centers on the concept of a legitimate wife and the direct, recognized line of descent from her, as opposed to children from concubines.

• 嫡男ちゃくなん

  legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir

• 嫡出ちゃくしゅつ

  legitimate birth

• 嫡子ちゃくし

  heir

• 嫡々ちゃくちゃく

  legitimate family succession; direct family lineage

• 嫡出子ちゃくしゅつし

  legitimate child

• 嫡出推定ちゃくしゅつすいてい

  presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce

• 嫡嗣ちゃくし

  legitimate heir

• 嫡女ちゃくじょ

  eldest daughter of a married couple; eldest legitimate daughter

• 嫡妻ちゃくさい

  one's legal wife; legitimate wife

• 嫡孫ちゃくそん

  eldest son's descendants

• 嫡室ちゃくしつ

  one's legal wife; legitimate wife

• 嫡披ちゃくひ

  confidential letter

• 嫡流ちゃくりゅう

  lineage of eldest son

• 廃嫡はいちゃく

  disinheritance

• 正嫡せいちゃく

  legal wife; her child; main family

• 非嫡出子ひちゃくしゅつし

  illegitimate child

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