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婿
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son-in-law

HSK 7 N1
Human →Relations →Family
xù
セイ
むこ
서
Components
女 woman+ 胥 together =
婿 son-in-law
女 Meaning component
nǚ woman
woman, girl
woman
胥 Phonetic component
xū together
all, together, mutually
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Notes
Similar Characters
佞 glib囡 one's daughter奶 milk奸 crafty她 she奼 colorful (trad)好 good妁 act as go-between妄 absurd妆 adorn (simp)妈 mama (simp)妊 conceive妍 seductive妒 jealous of妓 prostitute妖 bewitching妗 wife of mother's brother妙 wonderful妝 put on makeup (trad)妞 girl
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
婿
Regular
Modern
Chinese
婿 [xù]
son-in-law; husband
Japanese
婿 、 聟 、 壻 (rare) むこ 同音

noun

  1. husband; groom
  2. (one's) son-in-law
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (15)
女婿 [nǚ​xu] #11,075
daughter's husband
夫婿 [fū​xù] #53,210
(literary) husband
小婿 [xiǎo​xù] #51,076
my son-in-law (humble)
孙女婿 [sūn​nǚ​xu] #58,776
son's daughter's husband
孙女婿 [sūn​nǚ​xu] #58,776
son's daughter's husband
乘龙快婿 [chéng​lóng​kuài​xù] #59,143
ideal son-in-law
乘龙快婿 [chéng​lóng​kuài​xù] #59,143
ideal son-in-law
侄女婿 [zhí​nǚ​xu] #61,252
brother's daughter's husband
侄女婿 [zhí​nǚ​xu] #61,252
brother's daughter's husband
赘婿 [zhuì​xù] #65,041
son-in-law living at wife's parent's house
5 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (21)
⭐ 婿 [むこ] #9,857
husband
婿入り [むこいり] #28,779
being adopted into the family of one's bride
⭐ 花婿 [はなむこ] #33,242
bridegroom
婿養子 [むこようし] #33,409
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
⭐ 娘婿 [むすめむこ] #47,806
son-in-law
入り婿 [いりむこ] #60,918
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family
婿取り [むことり] #82,681
adopting a son-in-law into one's family
妹婿 [いもうとむこ] #101,375
the husband of one's younger sister
女婿 [じょせい] #103,689
son-in-law
姉婿 [あねむこ] #115,351
the husband of one's elder sister
11 more items