嗣
sì
succession (to a title)
to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity
Mouth (口) + register (冊) + officer (司) = proclaimed heir to the line
The mouth (口) and register (冊) evoke an official proclamation inscribed in a record — naming who carries on the lineage. 司 lends the sound sì and hints at the idea of taking charge, which fits the concept of assuming succession.
他没有子嗣，财产由侄子继承。
tā méi yǒu zǐ sì，cái chǎn yóu zhí zi jì chéng。
he had no heir, so his property was inherited by his nephew.
古代君王常担心后嗣无人能守住江山。
gǔ dài jūn wáng cháng dān xīn hòu sì wú rén néng shǒu zhù jiāng shān。
ancient rulers often worried that their posterity would have no one capable of holding the realm.
Words with 嗣
倪嗣冲
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
嗣位
sì wèi
to succeed to a title
嗣国
sì guó
to accede to a throne
嗣子
sì zǐ
heir
嗣后
sì hòu
from then on
嗣徽
sì huī
heritage
嗣岁
sì suì
the following year
嗣响
sì xiǎng
lit. a following echo
子嗣
zǐ sì
son
后嗣
hòu sì
heir
继嗣
jì sì
to continue
谭嗣同
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