• son-in-law;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

士 (“scholar, man”) — semantic element.

胥 (서로 서, phonetic) — phonetic element.

Thus the character denotes a male relative by marriage, i.e., a son-in-law.

Usage in Korean

壻 / 婿 (서) — son-in-law

女壻 / 女婿 (녀서) — son-in-law (lit. “daughter’s husband”)

東床婿 (동상서) — son-in-law, esp. one chosen for scholarly talent (“son-in-law on the eastern couch,” an allusion to Wang Xizhi)

Alternative forms

婿 (U+5A7F) — formed with 女 (“woman”) instead of 士; this is the standard form used in modern Chinese and Japanese.

壻 is attested in older texts and occasionally in Korean usage.

사위
sawi
seo
Kangxi radical:33, + 9
Strokes:12
Unicode:U+58FB
Cangjie input:
  • 土弓人月 (GNOB)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 土 胥

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

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