嫡
wife, wife's child; (bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])
- Strokes
- 14
- Pinyin
- dí
Parts
Words with 嫡
- 嫡传dí chuán · dichuanhanded down in a direct line from the founder
- 嫡出dí chū · dichuborn of the wife (i.e. not of a concubine)
- 嫡堂dí táng · ditanghaving the same paternal grandfather but different father
- 嫡子dí zǐ · dizison, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3])
- 嫡母dí mǔ · dimufather's wife (term used by the children of a concubine to address their father's primary wife)
- 嫡系dí xì · dixidirect line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine
- 嫡亲dí qīn · diqinclosely related by blood