结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
结婚
jiéhūn
to get married
Characters in this word
婚 hūn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 昏 dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们结婚了。 Tāmen jiéhūn le. They got married.
- 我哥要结婚。 Wǒ gē yào jiéhūn. My older brother is going to get married.
- 她不想结婚。 Tā bù xiǎng jiéhūn. She does not want to get married.