Kanji Detail for 姻 - "marriage, matrimony"

姻

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

姻 means "marriage, matrimony." Also associated with in-law.
1. Marriage - The union of two people.
2. Matrimony - The state of being married.
3. In-law - Related by marriage.
Words using 姻
- 婚姻こんいん marriage; matrimony
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

matrimony; marry

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

relatives by marriage

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

marriage connections

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

relatives by marriage

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

The groom's family. | Wife's father is called 婚; groom's father is called 姻. Now the two characters are often confused. Hence getting married is also called 締姻. | Colloquially, distant relatives connected through circumstances are all called 姻.
Onyomi

in(イン)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

女 (onna・onnahen)
Related Keywords

marriage matrimony in-law to marry bond ceremony engagement spouse union wedding wedlock partner

２人は２月５日に婚姻届を出した。
They had their marriage registered on February 5.
私は夫であるドン・ホセに誓った婚姻の誓約を破ったのです。
I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.
我々の文化においては、あなたは同時に二人の女性と婚姻することはできない。
In our culture, you cannot be married to two women at the same time.
配偶者を殺すのは、婚姻関係を終わらせる一つの方法です。ただし、良しとされることではありません。
Killing your spouse is one way to end a marriage. However, it's frowned upon.