Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

婚: marriage

JLPT N311 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 昏 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コンkon · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 新婚しんこんnewly-wed
  • 未婚みこんunmarried
  • 既婚きこんmarried
  • 結婚式けっこんしきwedding ceremony
  • 結婚するけっこんするmarry/get married
  • 求婚するきゅうこんするpropose (marriage)
  • 再婚するさいこんするremarry
  • 離婚するりこんするdivorce/get divorced
  • 婚約するこんやくするbecome engaged

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hūn

Same form: 婚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
婚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
婚 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hūn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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