嫠は夫に先立たれた女性を表す字だ。
It is a character meaning a woman whose husband has died.
Sentences
Example Sentences for 嫠
Kanji 嫠, meaning widow, appears in 5 Japanese example sentences with translation.
This page groups example sentences to show how kanji 嫠 appears in context, how the reading behaves, and how the translation maps to the usage.
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古い辞書では嫠をやもめと説明している。
In old dictionaries, this character is explained as widow.
物語では若くして嫠となった女性が描かれている。
In that story, a woman who became a widow at a young age is portrayed.
嫠という字は今では日常語としてあまり使われない。
This kanji is not used very often in everyday language today.
嫠の字には古い親族語の響きがある。
That character has the feel of an old kinship term.