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婚 is related to the ideas of getting married, being in a marriage, or taking a wife (could also mean take a husband, as “take a wife” is a western term, and this is just a general Chinese term regarding a wedding).
結婚 is a word that means wedding or getting married.
In some context, 結婚 can just be read as “marriage.”
幸福金婚 means “Happy Golden Anniversary” and is a great gift for a couple who is celebrating 50 years together.
The first two characters mean happy, blessed, or happiness.
The last two characters mean “couple's golden anniversary.” It means “golden wedding” or “golden marriage,” but this is only used for the 50-year-mark of a marriage (the same way we use gold to represent 50 years in the west).
幸福金婚 is a nice title to use with an inscription. You could request something like, “Happy 50th Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” to be written down the side of this title in smaller Chinese characters.
Please note: This can be pronounced and understood in Japanese but not as commonly used in Japan. Japanese people who read this will understand it but might tend to feel it’s of Chinese origin.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 婚 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
婚 see styles |
hūn hun1 hun kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Wedding(suffix) marriage |
結婚 结婚 see styles |
jié hūn jie2 hun1 chieh hun kekkon けっこん |
More info & calligraphy: Wedding / Getting Married(n,vs,vi) marriage marriage |
乱婚 see styles |
rankon らんこん |
(See 雑婚・1) promiscuity; promiscuous sexual relations |
二婚 see styles |
èr hūn er4 hun1 erh hun |
(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time; second marriage; person who remarries |
催婚 see styles |
cuī hūn cui1 hun1 ts`ui hun tsui hun |
to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married |
内婚 see styles |
naikon ないこん |
(See 外婚) endogamy |
再婚 see styles |
zài hūn zai4 hun1 tsai hun saikon さいこん |
to remarry (n,vs,vi) second marriage; remarriage |
写婚 see styles |
shakon しゃこん |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 写真結婚・1) staged wedding photographs; photo-only wedding; having wedding photography taken without holding an actual wedding; (2) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 写真結婚・2) picture marriage; mail-order marriage |
冥婚 see styles |
míng hūn ming2 hun1 ming hun |
posomethingumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) |
初婚 see styles |
chū hūn chu1 hun1 ch`u hun chu hun shokon しょこん |
to marry for the first time; to be newly married first marriage |
別婚 see styles |
bekkon べっこん |
separation with divorce in the offing |
前婚 see styles |
zenkon ぜんこん |
(one's) previous marriage |
卒婚 see styles |
sotsukon そつこん |
(noun/participle) amicable breakup of a married couple (without filing for divorce) |
単婚 see styles |
tankon たんこん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (rare) (See 一夫一妻) monogamy |
合婚 see styles |
hé hūn he2 hun1 ho hun |
casting a couple's fortune based on their bithdates (old) |
同婚 see styles |
tóng hūn tong2 hun1 t`ung hun tung hun |
same-sex marriage; gay marriage |
和婚 see styles |
wakon わこん |
(colloquialism) traditional Japanese wedding |
外婚 see styles |
gaikon がいこん |
(See 内婚) exogamy |
大婚 see styles |
dà hūn da4 hun1 ta hun taikon たいこん |
to have a grand wedding; to get married in lavish style imperial wedding |
失婚 see styles |
shī hūn shi1 hun1 shih hun |
to lose one's spouse (through marriage failure or bereavement) |
婚い see styles |
yobai よばい |
(noun/participle) creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit |
婚事 see styles |
hūn shì hun1 shi4 hun shih |
wedding; marriage; CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] |
婚交 see styles |
konkou / konko こんこう |
(noun/participle) (archaism) sexual intercourse |
婚人 see styles |
yobaibito よばいびと |
(archaism) suitor |
婚介 see styles |
hūn jiè hun1 jie4 hun chieh |
matchmaking; abbr. for 婚姻介紹|婚姻介绍 |
婚假 see styles |
hūn jià hun1 jia4 hun chia |
marriage leave |
婚儀 see styles |
kongi こんぎ |
wedding ceremony |
婚典 see styles |
hūn diǎn hun1 dian3 hun tien |
wedding; marriage celebration |
婚前 see styles |
hūn qián hun1 qian2 hun ch`ien hun chien konzen こんぜん |
premarital; prenuptial (can be adjective with の) premarital; prenuptial |
婚友 see styles |
hūn yǒu hun1 you3 hun yu |
singles seeking marriage partners; in-laws and friends |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Wedding | 婚 | hūn / hun1 / hun | ||
Wedding Getting Married | 結婚 结婚 | kettukon / kekkon kettukon / kekon | jié hūn / jie2 hun1 / jie hun / jiehun | chieh hun / chiehhun |
50th Golden Wedding Anniversary | 幸福金婚 / 倖福金婚 幸福金婚 | kou fuku kin kon koufukukinkon ko fuku kin kon | xìng fú jīn hūn xing4 fu2 jin1 hun1 xing fu jin hun xingfujinhun | hsing fu chin hun hsingfuchinhun |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
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