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姻

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marriage connections

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Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
9
Radical
女 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
姻
Common rank
#2,945
Unicode
U+59FB

Formation & memory

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How 姻 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A woman 女 related by 因 marriage

Components 女 因

How to remember it

in-law · Heisig RSH #1780

女 woman + dog kennel

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 姻

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WordPinyinMeaning
事实婚姻 shì shí hūn yīn de facto marriage; common-law marriage
婚姻调解 hūn yīn tiáo jiě marriage counseling
前世姻缘 qián shì yīn yuán a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)
包办婚姻 bāo bàn hūn yīn forced marriage; arranged marriage (without the consent of the individuals)
露水姻缘 lù shuǐ yīn yuán casual romance; short-lived relationship
婚姻法 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law
婚姻介绍所 hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ marriage agency
联姻 lián yīn related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units)
姻亲 yīn qīn relation by marriage; in-laws
婚姻 hūn yīn marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
姻缘 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate