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非嫡出子 (ひちゃくしゅつし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子し

also: ひてきしゅつし

ひ

ちゃ

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しゅ

つ

し

Meanings

1

noun

illegitimate child

Legal term for a child born to parents who are not legally married. In modern Japanese law, the term 婚外子 is often preferred in non-legal contexts.

非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの相そう続ぞく分ぶんは、かつて嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの半はん分ぶんと定さだめられていた。
The inheritance share of an illegitimate child was once set at half that of a legitimate child.

民みん法ぽう改かい正せいにより、非ひ嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子しの法ほう的てき地ち位いは改かい善ぜんされた。

The legal status of illegitimate children was improved by the revision of the Civil Code.

Written forms

非嫡出子
- ひちゃくしゅつし
  Standard legal and formal spelling.
- ひてきしゅつし
非ひ摘てき出しゅつ子し
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; 摘 is a common replacement for the less familiar 嫡, but this spelling is non-standard.
ひてきしゅつし

Kanji

非un-, mistake, negative
嫡legitimate wife, direct descent (non-bastard)
出exit, leave, go out
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
摘pinch, pick, pluck

Similar words

婚こん外がい子し
More common in everyday and media contexts; 非嫡出子 is the formal legal term.
嫡ちゃく出しゅつ子し
Antonym: a child born within a legal marriage.

Etymology

Compound of 非 (hi, 'non-'), 嫡出 (chakushutsu, 'legitimate birth'), and 子 (shi, 'child'). The reading ひてきしゅつし arises from substituting 摘 (teki) for 嫡 (chaku), likely due to visual similarity and unfamiliarity with the character 嫡.