legal wife

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

woman

啇 sound component

  Sound component

  

stalk, stem, root

Evolution

嫡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嫡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

legal wife, child of legal wife; first wife; son of first wife

Most common words with 嫡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嫡系

direct line of descent

first wife

嫡传

handed down in a direct line from the founder

嫡亲

closely related by blood

嫡子

son of first wife