Unicode: U+5AE1

Pinyin: dí

Definition

* 封建宗法制度中指正妻。 ~庶。 * 正妻所生的。 ~子。~出(正妻所生,区别于"庶出")。 * 亲的,血统最近的,封建宗法制度下家庭的正支。 ~亲。~嗣。 * 系统最近的,正统的。 ~系。~派。~传

legal wife, child of legal wife

Structure

嫡 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC