嫁 (jià) — (of a woman) to marry, marry into a household

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字

嫁 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)

嫁＝女＋家

ㄐㄧㄚˋ · jià

verb — (of a woman) to marry, marry into a household

字源 FORM — what the parts do

女義a woman, the one who marries out

家聲jiā — gives the sounda roof over a pig, a household — also the home she joins

Tjiā → jià — the household-sound dropped to fourth tone

A woman (女) and 家 — and 家 does double work: it lends the sound jiā (worn to jià) and pictures the thing too, a household she marries into. To take a husband, to leave one home for another: 出嫁、嫁人、改嫁.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一個女子（女）離開娘家，走進另一個家（家），成了那家的人。

A woman (女) leaves the home she grew up in and walks into another household (家).

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)出嫁、嫁人— to marry (of a woman)常用

→改嫁、再嫁— to remarry

→嫁禍、轉嫁— to shift (blame, a burden) onto another

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension