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娶
qǔ
1. to take a wife
2. to marry (a woman)
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

娶
qǔ
to marry, to take a wife
HSK 5 11 丶

Compound Words (10)

迎娶
yíngqǔ
(of a groom) to escort the bride to the wedding ceremony
嫁娶
jiàqǔ
marriage
未娶
wèiqǔ
a bachelor
续娶
xùqǔ
to remarry
娶妻
qǔqī
to take a wife
娶亲
qǔqīn
to take a wife
娶媳妇
qǔxífù
to get oneself a wife
聘娶婚
pìnqǔhūn
formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
未娶妻
wèiqǔqī
not yet married
明媒正娶
míngméizhèngqǔ
to be officially wed

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,493
Word Frequency Rank
2,378 of 84,292

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