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婚 — 11 strokes / Radical「女」

道
4Junior high level / 11 strokes / Radical「女」
On
コンこん · kon
Kun
—
Meaning
marriage

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

女 "woman" with 昏 "dusk": the old custom of receiving a bride at dusk — marriage.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコンこんkon婚約こんやく結婚けっこん新婚しんこん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 結婚けっこん

    marriage

  • 婚約こんやく

    engagement

More words with this kanji

  • 婚姻こんいん
  • 婚娶こんしゅ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

姉(あね)は春(はる)に結婚(けっこん)する。

My older sister will marry in the spring.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

婚約結婚婚約promis…結tie奴fellow妙exquis…姓surnam…娘daught…奥interi…今now艮northe…困to be…昆insect坤earth
CompoundRadicalReading

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