姻 means “marriage, matrimony”

いん · in

Also: marry

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

A woman (女) beside 因, cause or tie: the bond that joins two families. 姻 is marriage in legal Japanese: a couple is married once the city office accepts their 婚姻届, and the in-laws they gain are 姻族.

Used in 婚姻 (kon'in, marriage), 婚姻届 (kon'intodoke, marriage registration form), and 姻族 (inzoku, in-laws)

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• 婿 son-in-law
• 嫡 legitimate heir
• 嗣 heir
• 哺 nurse
• 戚 relatives
• 氏 family name
• 系 lineage
• 郎 son
• 継 inherit
• 誕 birth
• 妊 pregnant
• 稚 young

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.