Kanji

What does the kanji 姻 mean?

姻 means marriage; in-laws, marital relations. On'yomi イン.

Quick facts
On'yomiイン
Strokes9
Main radical女
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
On'yomi イン
N1 · estimated, JLPT framework9 strokes

marriage; in-laws, marital relations

Memory hook

A woman (女) and a big person (大) coming into one house (囗) — MARRIAGE, IN-LAWS.

Main radical

女woman 3 strokes

Stroke order · 9 strokes

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English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.

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