嫡

dí

Meanings

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dí

1.(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shù])

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Wiktionary

1.primary wife; legal wife
2.of or by the legal wife
3.of lineal descent; closely related
4.orthodox; authentic; legitimate

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *rteɡ, *teːɡ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 啇 (OC *teːɡ). It conveys the idea of "direct bloodline."

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Components

嫡女啇

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Related words

嫡亲 closely related by blood 嫡传 handed down in a direct line from the founder 嫡子 son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shù zǐ])嫡出 born of the wife (i.e. not of a concubine)嫡系 direct line of descent 嫡母 father's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife)嫡堂 having the same paternal grandfather but different father