許婚

See also: 许婚

Chinese

 
to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
 
to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
trad. (許婚) 許 婚
simp. (许婚) 许 婚

Pronunciation

Verb

許婚

  1. (of a female) to accept the marriage proposal by a male

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
許 婚
Grade: 5 Grade: S
Irregular

*/ipinaduke/ → /ifinad͡zuke/ → /iːnazuke/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 言い名付く (iinazuku), modern 言い名付ける (iinazukeru, “to betroth someone, to engage someone to be married, to take someone as a fiancé / fiancée”, literally “to name someone out loud”).[1][2][3][4]

The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 許婚.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms

Noun

許婚 (hiragana いいなずけ, hiragana いいなづけ, rōmaji iinazuke, historical hiragana いひなづけ)

  1. (historical) an arranged engagement, wherein both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young
  2. (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)
Synonyms

Verb

許婚する (hiragana いいなずけする, hiragana いいなづけする, rōmaji iinazuke suru, historical hiragana いひなづけする)

  1. (historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
許 婚
きょ
Grade: 5		 こん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 許婚 (MC hɨʌX huən, “permitted; betrothed + bride; to get married (said of a woman)”).

Pronunciation

Noun

許婚 (hiragana きょこん, rōmaji kyokon)

  1. (rare) an engagement (to get married)
  2. (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 許 (きょ)婚 (こん)者 (しゃ) (kyokonsha) (rare)

Verb

許婚する (hiragana きょこんする, rōmaji kyokon suru)

  1. (rare) to get engaged (to get married)
Conjugation
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1 2 3 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
許婚

Noun

許婚 • (heohon) (hangeul 허혼)

  1. Hanja form? of 허혼 (“consent to marriage”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
許婚

Noun

許婚

  1. Hán tự form of hứa hôn, “to engage, to betroth”
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