Chinese Character 婚 Meanings and components.

Form

婚

Meaning

婚 meaning[3] in English

To Marry.

Marriage.

Wedding.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 婚 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and muddle-headed (昏)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VHPA

How to write 婚

To write婚hun1to marry you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 昏hun1muddle-headed arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 昏 = 婚

婚 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 婚 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 婚, looks as follow:

婚
Pinyin:hun1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Marry . Marriage . Wedding . To Take A Wife
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
昏
Pinyin:hun1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Muddle-Headed . Twilight . To Faint . To Lose Consciousness
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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