TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
婚
ㄏㄨㄣ · hūn
noun/verb — marriage; to marry (結婚)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A woman (女) and 昏 hūn together. 昏 does double duty: it carries the sound, and it means dusk — the hour the old rite fetched the bride. From the dusk wedding: marriage, 結婚, 婚姻.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
天擦黑(昏),一個女人(女)被接過門——成婚。
At nightfall (昏) a woman (女) is fetched across the threshold — the marriage made.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)結婚、婚姻— marriage常用
→婚嫁— to marry, to wed
→已婚、未婚— married / unmarried常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension