婚
婚 — Marriage
marriage
On’yomiコン (kon)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 婚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 結婚 | けっこん kekkon | marriage |
| 離婚 | りこん rikon | divorce |
| 結婚式 | けっこんしき kekkonshiki | marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials |
| 婚約 | こんやく konyaku | engagement; betrothal |
| 婚姻 | こんいん konin | marriage; matrimony |
| 未婚 | みこん mikon | unmarried; not yet married |
Study notes
婚 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #767 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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