Chinese symbol for “wedding”
婚事
hūn shì
wedding; marriage; 门 (mén),桩 (zhuāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wedding is 婚事 (hūn shì), defined as: wedding; marriage; 门 (mén),桩 (zhuāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “wedding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婚 | hūn | (bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry |
| 婚典 | hūn diǎn | wedding; marriage celebration |
| 婚礼 (婚禮) | hūn lǐ | wedding ceremony; wedding |
| 喜事 | xǐ shì | happy occasion; wedding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 婚事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 结婚 (結婚) | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 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 |
| 求婚 | qiú hūn | to propose marriage |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wedding”.
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.