嫁
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jià · to marry, to give a daughter in marriage

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HSK 2.0 · Level 5HSK 3.0 · Level 6Frequency #2300
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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 嫁

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jiàWords pronounced jià
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Example sentences

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Tā wèi le tā de qián jià gěi le tā.她为了他的钱嫁给了他。

She married him for his money.

Source: Tatoeba #3783436 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yàoshi jià gěi bié rén jiù hǎo le.我要是嫁给别人就好了。

I wish I'd married another man.

Source: Tatoeba #10273882 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shì wǒ xiǎng jià de nà zhǒng rén.你是我想嫁的那种人。

You're the kind of person I'd like to marry.

Source: Tatoeba #9958553 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā jià gěi le yí gè yǒu qián rén.她嫁给了一个有钱人。

She married a rich man.

Source: Tatoeba #334036 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jiù shì bù xiǎng jià gěi nǐ.我就是不想嫁給你。

I just don't want to marry you.

Source: Tatoeba #5812361 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhǐshì bù xiǎng jià gěi nǐ.我只是不想嫁給你。

I only don't want to marry you.

Source: Tatoeba #5812360 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 嫁 in context

  1. Say jià, then recall the core meaning: to marry, to give a daughter in marriage.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 嫁妆 (jià zhuang), meaning “dowry”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 嫁 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.