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Chinese symbol for “extramarital”

婚外
hūn wài
extramarital

The closest CC-CEDICT match for extramarital is 婚外 (hūn wài), defined as: extramarital.

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Characters and stroke order

婚 hūn
to get married; marriage, wedding
radical 38 ⼥ · 11 strokes
外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 婚外.

WordPinyinMeaning
结婚 (結婚)jié hūnto marry; to get married
婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)
离婚 (離婚)lí hūnto divorce
婚礼 (婚禮)hūn lǐwedding ceremony; wedding
已婚yǐ hūnmarried
求婚qiú hūnto propose marriage
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore

See also: Japanese symbol for “extramarital”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.