嗣

succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,955 U+55E3

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

冊 (semantic, “book”) + 司 (phonetic, sī)

components: 口冊司

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 司

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 司 (sī) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
司 sound component	sī	to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
词	cí	phrase, expression; words, speech
饲	sì	to raise animals; to nourish, to feed
祠	cí	ancestral temple; to sacrifice
伺	sì	to serve, to wait upon, to attend; to examine
笥	sì	hamper, wicker basket

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
嗣子	sì zǐ	heir; adopted son
子嗣	zǐ sì	son; heir
嗣国	sì guó	to accede to a throne
嗣后	sì hòu	from then on; after; afterwards; thereafter
后嗣	hòu sì	heir; descendant; posterity
嗣位	sì wèi	to succeed to a title; to inherit
嗣响	sì xiǎng	lit. a following echo; fig. to continue (a tradition)
谭嗣同	Tán Sì tóng	Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子…
继嗣	jì sì	to continue; to continue a family line; posterity; heir
倪嗣冲	Ní Sì chōng	Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱\|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] dur…
嗣岁	sì suì	the following year; next year
嗣徽	sì huī	heritage; the continuation (of a tradition)