Japanese symbol for “bigamy”

重婚

じゅうこん

Romaji: juukon

bigamy

In Japanese, bigamy is 重婚, read じゅうこん (juukon).

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Meanings

adj-no, n, vi bigamy

Kanji and stroke order

重

heavy, important, esteem

on: ジュウ、チョウ
kun: え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう

9 strokes · JLPT 3

婚

marriage

on: コン

11 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “bigamy”

Word	Reading	Meaning
二重結婚	にじゅうけっこん nijuukekkon	bigamy

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
重要	じゅうよう juuyou	important; essential; significant
体重	たいじゅう taijuu	(body) weight
貴重	きちょう kichou	precious; valuable
重視	じゅうし juushi	regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
重大	じゅうだい juudai	serious; important; significant
重量	じゅうりょう juuryou	weight
結婚	けっこん kekkon	marriage
離婚	りこん rikon	divorce

See also: Chinese symbol for “bigamy”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.