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Kotomora

婚

marriage

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • コン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

婚 centers on the formal union of marriage, specifically the act of marrying or the state of being married.

Most common words using 婚

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  • 結婚けっこん
    N5

    marriage

  • 結婚式けっこんしき
    N3

    marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

  • 離婚りこん
    N3

    divorce

  • 婚くながい

    sexual intercourse

  • 婚こん

    marriage

  • 婚約こんやく
    N3

    engagement; betrothal

  • 新婚しんこん
    N1

    newly-wed; newly married

  • 既婚きこん
    N2

    married

  • 婚姻こんいん

    marriage; matrimony

  • 再婚さいこん
    N1

    second marriage; remarriage

  • 未婚みこん
    N1

    unmarried; not yet married

  • 求婚きゅうこん

    marriage proposal; courtship

  • 婚礼こんれい

    marriage ceremony; wedding

  • 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい
    N1

    important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

  • 婚前こんぜん

    premarital; prenuptial

  • 成婚せいこん

    marriage; wedding

  • 晩婚ばんこん

    late marriage

  • 婚期こんき

    marriageable age; chance of marriage

  • 重婚じゅうこん

    bigamy

  • 婚儀こんぎ

    wedding ceremony

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Etymology

婚 combines 女 (woman) with 昏, which likely contributes the sound and originally meant dusk, the traditional time for wedding ceremonies.

Meaning mnemonic

A woman 女 and the dusk-like shape 昏 come together: picture a wedding ceremony held at dusk, the traditional time for marriage.

Reading mnemonic

For コン, imagine a con artist pretending to be a bride at a wedding: con -> コン, and the woman 女 is part of the marriage scheme.