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The character 嫁, which signifies a woman's marriage, is constructed from the semantic radical 女 meaning "woman" and the phonetic component 家 meaning "home", together conveying the idea of a woman moving to establish a new household. Its etymology directly mirrors the traditional societal norm where marriage entailed a woman leaving her parental family to join her husband's domestic sphere. While the primary meaning has persistently centered on this female-specific act of marrying, the character has also developed extended metaphorical applications, such as in the term 嫁祸 where it means to transfer or impose something, like blame, onto another. Throughout its history, the character's form has remained stable, consistently relying on its compositional elements to express its core and ancillary meanings.
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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。