Chinese symbol for “marriage”
婚姻
hūn yīn
marriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for marriage is 婚姻 (hūn yīn), defined as: marriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “marriage”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婚 | hūn | (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry |
| 婚嫁 | hūn jià | marriage |
| 嫁娶 | jià qǔ | marriage |
| 亲事 (親事) | qīn shì | marriage; 门 (mén) |
| 亲 (親) | qīn | parent; one's own (flesh and blood) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 婚姻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 结婚 (結婚) | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 离婚 (離婚) | lí hūn | to divorce |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 已婚 | yǐ hūn | married |
| 求婚 | qiú hūn | to propose marriage |
| 联姻 (聯姻) | lián yīn | related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units) |
| 姻缘 (姻緣) | yīn yuán | a marriage predestined by fate |
| 婚姻法 | hūn yīn fǎ | marriage law |
See also: Japanese symbol for “marriage”.
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.