婚
marriage
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
20 of 220- 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
Study
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.