jià

to marry

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

家 sound component

  Sound component

jiā

  

house

Evolution

嫁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嫁 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
嫁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
嫁 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
嫁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jià

to marry, give a daughter in marriage; (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)

Most common words with 嫁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

(of a woman) to marry

嫁人

to get married (of woman)

转嫁

to remarry (of widow)

出嫁

to get married (of woman)

嫁接

to graft (a branch to a rootstock)