Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 娶

娶

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Meaning

 to take a wife, to marry (a woman)

Pronunciation

 qǔ

Explanation

 Top: take, fetch 取 (at ear 耳 by hand 又 to grasp), bottom: woman 女

Mnemonic

To "take a woman" means to marry.

Radicals

取 to take / get
女 woman
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Vocabulary

聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
续娶 xù qǔ to remarry

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