Japanese symbol for “premarital”
婚前
こんぜん
Romaji: konzen
premarital; prenuptial
In Japanese, premarital is 婚前, read こんぜん (konzen).
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Meanings
- adj-no premarital; prenuptial
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “premarital”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫁入り前 | よめいりまえ yomeirimae | unmarried (of a woman); premarital |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 結婚 | けっこん kekkon | marriage |
| 離婚 | りこん rikon | divorce |
| 婚約 | こんやく kon'yaku | engagement; betrothal |
| 結婚式 | けっこんしき kekkonshiki | marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials |
| 新婚 | しんこん shinkon | newly-wed; newly married |
| 未婚 | みこん mikon | unmarried; not yet married |
| 名前 | なまえ namae | name |
| 以前 | いぜん izen | before; prior to; ago |
See also: Chinese symbol for “premarital”.
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.