Chinese symbol for “marry”
结婚
jié hūn
Traditional: 結婚
to marry; to get married
The closest CC-CEDICT match for marry is 结婚 (jié hūn), defined as: to marry; to get married.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “marry”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫁 | jià | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter |
| 婚配 | hūn pèi | to marry |
| 出阁 (出閣) | chū gé | (of a girl) to marry (literary) |
| 归 (歸) | guī | to return; to go back to |
| 媾 | gòu | to marry; to copulate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 结婚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 结果 (結果) | jiē guǒ | to bear fruit |
| 结束 (結束) | jié shù | to end; to finish; to conclude |
| 结构 (結構) | jié gòu | structure; composition |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
| 婚姻 | hūn yīn | marriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì) |
| 离婚 (離婚) | lí hūn | to divorce |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 已婚 | yǐ hūn | married |
See also: Japanese symbol for “marry”.
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.