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Kanji Detail for 婚 - "marriage"

  • Meaning

    婚 means "marriage." Also associated with to marry, matchmaking.

    1. Marry - To become husband and wife.

    2. Wedding - A marriage ceremony.

    3. Union - A joining of families.

  • Words using

    • 結婚 けっこん Listen marriage
    • 離婚 りこん Listen divorce
    • 結婚式 けっこんしき Listen marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
    • 婚約 こんやく Listen engagement; betrothal
    • 婚姻 こんいん Listen marriage; matrimony
    • 未婚 みこん Listen unmarried; not yet married
    • 新婚 しんこん Listen newly-wed; newly married
    • 既婚 きこん Listen married
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 冠婚葬祭 かんこんそうさい Listen important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
    • 政略結婚 せいりゃくけっこん Listen marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: marriage
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to marry, matchmaking

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    marriage

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    get married; marriage, wedding

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to get married; marriage, wedding

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Taking a wife is called 婚.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • She married a bank clerk.

  • They got married of late.

  • I don't intend to marry him.

  • I hope to marry her.

  • He knows better than to marry her.

  • Both of my sisters are married.

  • She got married when she was twenty-five.

  • She was a smith before her marriage.

  • He intended to marry her.

  • Being only a student , i can't afford to get married.

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