娶
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to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 娶
- Common rank
- #3,447
- Unicode
- U+5A36
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Formation & memory
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Words with 娶
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明媒正娶 | to be officially wed | |
| 娶亲 | to take a wife | |
| 聘娶婚 | formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) | |
| 娶媳妇 | to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law | |
| 续娶 | to remarry | |
| 迎娶 | (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding cere… | |
| 娶妻 | to take a wife; to get married (man) | |
| 嫁娶 | marriage |