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娶 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
シュしゅ · shu
Kun
めと.る・めあわ.せるmeto.ru · meawa.seru
Meaning
to take a wife

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

取 "to take" with woman 女: to take a wife.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 娶るめとる

    to take a wife

  • 婚娶こんしゅ

    marriage

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

三十(さんじゅう)を過(す)ぎて妻(つま)を娶(めと)った。

They took a wife after turning thirty.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

婚娶娶婚marria…夭to die…奸wicked妝to ado…夾to hol…妣deceas…戍to gua…侏short…茱used…炷a lamp…娵bride
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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