Hanja Analyzer
婚

婚 — hon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
혼인할 혼
Romanization
hon
English
get married; marriage, wedding
Mandarin
hūn
Japanese on'yomi
コン
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#767 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
女 (38, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
昏(혼)
Unicode
U+5A5A

Parts that make up 婚

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 昏 어두울 혼sound

How 婚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婚 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 昏.

Korean example words with 婚

  • 작혼作婚 Korean gloss: 혼인을 함
  • 혼의婚儀 Korean gloss: 혼인 의식
  • 기혼旣婚 Korean gloss: 이미 결혼함
  • 상혼相婚 Korean gloss: 서로 혼인함
  • 정혼定婚 Korean gloss: 혼인을 정함
  • 혼령婚齡 Korean gloss: 혼인할 나이
  • 혼일婚日 Korean gloss: 혼인하는 날
  • 혼전婚前 Korean gloss: 결혼하기 전
  • 의혼議婚 Korean gloss: 혼사를 의논함
  • 청혼請婚 Korean gloss: 결혼하기를 청함
  • 혼외婚外 Korean gloss: 혼인 관계의 밖
  • 교혼交婚 Korean gloss: 서로 혼인을 맺음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 婚

  • 結婚けっこん marriage
  • 離婚りこん divorce
  • 結婚式けっこんしき marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
  • 婚約こんやく engagement; betrothal
  • 未婚みこん unmarried; not yet married
  • 婚姻こんいん marriage; matrimony
  • 新婚しんこん newly-wed; newly married
  • 既婚きこん married
  • 婚約者こんやくしゃ fiance; fiancee
  • 冠婚葬祭かんこんそうさい important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • 再婚さいこん second marriage; remarriage
  • 晩婚ばんこん late marriage

Characters sharing the phonetic 昏

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “혼” in Korean.

Other hanja read “혼”

Other hanja with radical 女

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences