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CHINESE CHARACTER

qǔ

娶

娶

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wed

Numbered pinyin
qu3
English meanings
get married, conjoin, espouse, wive, take to wife, marry, get hitched with, hook up with, wed, take a wife

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 取; bottom 女.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱取女

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    qǔ娶qī妻。

    Take a wife.

  2. 02

    qǔ娶xífù媳妇。

    Marry a wife.

  3. 03

    chéngjiā成家lì立yè业。

    Marry and settle down.

  4. 04

    xǐ喜jié结liáng良yuán缘。

    A happy union.

  5. 05

    xìngfú幸福měimǎn美满。

    Happy and complete.

  6. 06

    bái白tóu头xié偕lǎo老。

    Grow old together.

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