Memory phrase for the character: 娶

娶

Hanzi-Trainer

Meaning

to take a wife, to marry (a woman)

Pronunciation

qǔ

Explanation

 Top: take/hold 取 (at the ear 耳 the hand 又 holds and grasps), bottom: woman 女

Mnemonic
 
To "take a woman" means to marry.

Radicals

取 to take / get
女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?




 Vocabulary

娱遣 yú qiǎn  
聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn  formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
续娶 xù qǔ  to remarry
续娶 xù qǔ  

List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer