壻
- 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)
Words that derived from 壻
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.
壻
사위
서
sawi
seo
Kangxi radical:33, 士 + 9
Strokes:12
Unicode:U+58FB
Cangjie input:
- 土弓人月 (GNOB)
Composition:
- ⿰ 土 胥