婚 hūn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
婚姻
hūnyīn
marriage
Characters in this word
姻 yīn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 稳定的婚姻并不意味着没有冲突，而是双方愿意共同解决问题。 Wěndìng de hūnyīn bìng bù yìwèizhe méiyǒu chōngtū, ér shì shuāngfāng yuànyì gòngtóng jiějué wèntí. A stable marriage does not mean there are no conflicts; rather, both sides are willing to solve problems together.
- 爷爷奶奶的婚姻幸福了整整五十年。 Yéye nǎinai de hūnyīn xìngfú le zhěngzhěng wǔshí nián. Grandpa and grandma's marriage has been happy for a full fifty years.
- 她认为婚姻需要两个人互相理解和尊重。 Tā rènwéi hūnyīn xūyào liǎng gè rén hùxiāng lǐjiě hé zūnzhòng. She believes marriage needs two people to understand and respect each other.