| 嗣 | [ sì ] succession (to a title), to inherit, continuing (a tradition), posterity |
| 嗣位 | [ sì weì ] to succeed to a title, to inherit |
| 嗣國 | [ sì guó ] to accede to a throne |
| 嗣子 | [ sì zǐ ] heir, adopted son |
| 嗣後 | [ sì hoù ] from then on, after, afterwards, thereafter |
| 嗣徽 | [ sì huī ] heritage, the continuation (of a tradition) |
| 嗣歲 | [ sì suì ] the following year, next year |
| 嗣響 | [ sì xiǎng ] lit. a following echo, fig. to continue (a tradition) |
| ⇒ 倪嗣沖 | [ ní sì chōng ] Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire |
| ⇒ 子嗣 | [ zǐ sì ] son, heir |
| ⇒ 後嗣 | [ hoù sì ] heir, descendant, posterity |
| ⇒ 繼嗣 | [ jì sì ] to continue, to continue a family line, posterity, heir |
| ⇒ 譚嗣同 | [ tán sì tóng ] Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 |
