姻

yīn
#2,004 most
frequent character
marriage connections

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

姻 combines 女 woman with 因 yīn, which supplies the sound. It first meant a woman's husband's family. From there it grew to mean related by marriage, and then marriage itself.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

姻yīn
variant of 姻[yin1]

Homophones

因yīn
cause, reason, because
音yīn
sound, noise, note (of musical scale)

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