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The character 嫁 is structured with the woman radical 女 on the left and the component 家, meaning home, on the right, a combination that etymologically signifies a woman relocating to a husband's household upon marriage. This construction aligns with patrilocal customs in early Chinese society, where the character originally denoted the act of a woman getting married. Over time, the meaning of 嫁 expanded beyond matrimony to include metaphorical uses involving transfer or attribution, as seen in compounds like 嫁祸, which means to shift blame onto another. The graphical form of 嫁 has always comprised these two components, with 家 also providing phonetic indication.
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姐姐出嫁了。
她嫁给了好朋友。
妹妹想嫁到国外。
女儿出嫁时哭了。
她嫁入了一个富裕家庭。
嫁对人是一生幸福的关键。
她宁愿不嫁也不将就。
现代女性对婚姻有自主权，嫁不嫁由自己决定。