婿
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son-in-law; husband
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,847 U+5A7F
How 婿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 胥 (phonetic, xū)
How to remember it
son-in-law · Heisig RSH #1676
女 woman + zoo + 月 month
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胥
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胥 (xū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胥 sound component | xū | all, together, mutually |
| 糈 | xǔ | pay, rations; sacrificial rice |
| 醑 | xǔ | to filter, to strain |
Words containing 婿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上门女婿 | shàng mén nǚ xu | live-in son-in-law; husband living with the wife's family |
| 乘龙快婿 | chéng lóng kuài xù | ideal son-in-law |
| 孙女婿 | sūn nǚ xu | son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband |
| 小婿 | xiǎo xù | my son-in-law (humble); I (spoken to parents-in-law) |
| 金龟婿 | jīn guī xù | wealthy son-in-law; wealthy husband |
| 女婿 | nǚ xu | daughter's husband; son-in-law |
| 夫婿 | fū xù | (literary) husband |
| 外甥女婿 | wài sheng nǚ xu | sister's daughter's husband |
| 侄女婿 | zhí nǚ xu | brother's daughter's husband; niece's husband |
| 妹婿 | mèi xù | brother-in-law (younger sister's husband) |
| 翁婿 | wēng xù | father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law |
| 赘婿 | zhuì xù | son-in-law living at wife's parent's house |