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U+5A5A, 婚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A5A

[U+5A59]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A5B]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 38, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹心日 (VHPA), four-corner 42464, composition )

  1. get married
  2. marriage; wedding

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6418
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1060, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5A5A

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hmɯːn): semantic + phonetic (OC *hmɯːn).

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. to marry; to get married
  2. wedding; marriage
    [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    níng chāi shí zuò miào, bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn [Pinyin]
    I’d rather tear down ten temples than destroy a marriage.
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) relative by marriage; kin by marriage; in-law
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) father of wife
  5. (historical dictionaries only) family of wife

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. marriage

Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
  • Kun: よばい (yobai, )

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(hon) (hangeul , revised hon, McCuneReischauer hon)

  1. get married
  2. marriage, wedding

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: hôn

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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