婚

Tap the pinyin to hear it

(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 昏 sound ( hūn )

Components 女昏

marriage · Heisig RSH #1374

女 woman + 氏 family name + 日 day

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
婚前性行为	hūn qián xìng xíng wéi	premarital sex
非婚生子女	fēi hūn shēng zǐ nǚ	an illegitimate child
结婚生子	jié hūn shēng zǐ	to get married and have kids; to start a family
二婚头	èr hūn tóu	remarried lady (contemptuous term); lady who marries for a second time
婚外情	hūn wài qíng	extramarital affair
婚神星	Hūn shén xīng	Juno, an asteroid
事实婚	shì shí hūn	common-law marriage; de facto marriage
先有后婚	xiān yǒu hòu hūn	to marry after getting pregnant
非婚生	fēi hūn shēng	born out of wedlock; illegitimate
大婚	dà hūn	to have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style
证婚人	zhèng hūn rén	wedding witness
金婚	jīn hūn	golden wedding
小别胜新婚	xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn	reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom); absence makes the heart …
婚前财产公证	hūn qián cái chǎn gōng zhèng	prenuptial agreement; dowry contract
婚事	hūn shì	wedding; marriage; CL:門\|门[men2],樁\|桩[zhuang1]
婚车	hūn chē	wedding car
合婚	hé hūn	casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old)
新婚	xīn hūn	newly married
成婚	chéng hūn	to get married
婚外	hūn wài	extramarital

Characters sharing the sound component 昏 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
昏 sound part	hūn	dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
阍	hūn	gatekeeper; gate, door