嫁娶 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiàqǔ

marriage

jià to marry

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 家 represents the sound.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

家 Sound component

jiā, jia house

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kæH	kˤra-s	go (as a bride) to one"s new home
	kæH	s-kˤra-s	send (one’s daughter) as a bride
Zhengzhang		kraːs
Unicode	gà

說文解字

女適人也。从女家聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

qǔ marry

Depicts taking (取) a woman (女) for a man to marry. 取 also represents the sound.

Components

取 Sound Meaning component

qǔ take

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshjuH	[ts]ʰoʔ-s	take a wife

說文解字

《說文》：“娶，取婦也。从女，从取，取亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫中華語文知識庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)