How to write 嫡

嫡 [dí] 1. 封建宗法制度中指正妻。 (Refers to the legal wife in the feudal patriarchal system.) 2. 正妻所生的。 (Born of the legal wife.) 3. 亲的，血统最近的，封建宗法制度下家庭的正支。 (Of close kinship; of the nearest bloodline; the principal branch of a family in the feudal patriarchal system.) 4. 系统最近的，正统的。 (The most recent in the system; orthodox.) --- 嫡 [dí] [名] 【本义】:奴隶社会、封建社会中的正妻 (Basic meaning: The legal wife in a slave and feudal society.) 【造字法】:形声。从女，啇(dí)声。 (Character formation method: Phonetic compound, from "woman" and the sound "dí".) 1. 同本义 ([En.] legal wife) 2. 正妻生的长子称嫡子，省称“嫡” ([En.] the wife's eldest son) **引** 1. 《列子·力命》：齐公族多宠，嫡庶并行。 (From "Liezi": The Qi nobility had many favored ones; both legal and illegitimate wives coexist.) **例** 如:嫡庶不分(妻妾亲疏不分);嫡出(正妻所生);嫡室(正妻);嫡礼相待(像正妻一般对待) (E.g., "嫡庶不分" (no distinction between wife and concubine); "嫡出" (born of the legal wife); "嫡室" (the legal wife); "嫡礼相待" (treated like the legal wife).) --- 嫡 [dí] [形] 1. 亲的;血统最近的 ([En.] of lineal descent). **例** 如:嫡亲姊妹;嫡堂兄弟;嫡嫡亲亲(最亲最近的);嫡父(生身之父) (E.g., "嫡亲姊妹" (full sisters); "嫡堂兄弟" (first cousins); "嫡嫡亲亲" (the closest relatives); "嫡父" (biological father).) 2. 正统，正宗 ([En.] orthodox). **例** 如:嫡传;嫡统(正统);嫡派;嫡系 (E.g., "嫡传" (orthodox lineage); "嫡统" (orthodoxy); "嫡派" (orthodox faction); "嫡系" (orthodox system).)