嫁

• 読み: よめ
• ローマ字: yome
• 漢字の分解: 嫁 (yome) — bride, wife, daughter-in-law; composed of 女 (woman) + 家 (house)
• 発音: /jo.me/

意味

Bride; wife; daughter-in-law. Refers to a newly married woman or the wife of a son.

A noun with context-dependent meanings. Traditionally, 嫁 refers to a bride or daughter-in-law who enters the household of her husband. In casual modern usage, it is also used by men to refer to their own wife. In internet and otaku culture, 嫁 is used to refer to a favourite female character. The reading よめ is standard; the onyomi か appears in compounds like 花嫁 (hanayome, bride).

例文

1. 息子の嫁はとても料理が上手だ。
2. 彼女は来月お嫁に行く。
3. 花嫁のドレスがとても美しかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: family, weddings, daily life

トーン: warm

起源と歴史

The kanji 嫁 combines 女 (woman) and 家 (house, family), reflecting the traditional concept of a woman joining her household through marriage.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal