hūn = hu + (e)n1
to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife
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How to pronounce 婚

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= hu initial

Hu is for Helga Horse.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

婚 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
female / woman / daughter
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= ru + Ø3
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
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hūn = hu + (e)n1
muddle-headed / twilight / to faint / to lose consciousness
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hūn = hu + (e)n1
old variant of 昏[hun1]
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Characters with 婚 as component

婚 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 婚

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to marry / to get married / CL:次[ci4]
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3]
matrimony / wedding / marriage / CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]

Sentences with 婚

婚 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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hūn

to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife

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