Memory phrase for the character: 婚


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Meaning to marry, marriage, wedding, to take a wife

Pronunciation

hūn

Explanation

Left: woman , right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family sits in the sun at dusk.)

Mnemonic


 
The woman comes into the family/clan at the day of the marriage.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall shows a person with outstretched arms . If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman . The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
clanVariant of hill . Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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 Vocabulary

结婚 jié hūn  to marry; to get married
婚姻 hūn yīn  matrimony; wedding; marriage
聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn  formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn  

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