Dong Chinese dictionary

hūn

get married

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 昏 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

昏 Sound component

hūn

twilight

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

hūn

get married; marriage, wedding; to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife

Most common words with 婚

Sources