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婿

bridegroom
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingセイ
Kun readingむこ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. bridegroomRtK
  2. son-in-law
    彼の娘婿は完全に病気から回復した。His son-in-law completely recovered from his illness.tatoeba
    彼の娘婿は海外の支店に転勤になった。His son-in-law was transferred to an overseas branch.tatoeba
  1. husband
  2. groom
  3. (one's) son-in-law

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · zoo · critters · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 422

Compound words

花婿はなむこ
bridegroom
娘婿むすめむこ
son-in-law
乞婿こいむこ
bridegroom who is loved by his bride
入婿いりむこ
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family
婿入むこいり
being adopted into the family of one's bride
令婿れいせい
your son-in-law
入り婿いりむこ
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family
婿選びむこえらび
search for a husband for one's daughter
婿入りむこいり
being adopted into the family of one's bride
婿養子むこようし
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

Additional Examples

彼の娘婿がその莫大な財産の相続人になるだろう。
His son-in-law will be the heir to the enormous fortune.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 婿

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