The kanji character 嫁 generally means "bride," "wife," or "to marry (referring to a woman entering a marriage)." It often implies the act of a woman leaving her family home to join her husband's family. The core concept revolves around marriage, the woman's role in the marriage, and her transition into a married state.

・On-yomi (音読み): カ (ka) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): とつ（ぐ） (totsu(gu))

⚫︎ 嫁入り Translation: Marriage; wedding; to get married (of a woman). ⚫︎ 花嫁 Translation: Bride. ⚫︎ 嫁ぐ Translation: To marry (of a woman); to get married.

The kanji 嫁 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound character. It combines the phonetic component 家 (ie, meaning "house" or "home") with the radical 女 (onna, meaning "woman" or "female"). The meaning of the character, in this case, is to show a female enters the husband's house. The radical 女 signifies the role of a woman in this context, while 家 suggests the household she enters through marriage.