entries → 婚
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
婚 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
婚 ＝ 女 ＋ 昏
ㄏㄨㄣ · hūn
noun/verb — marriage; to marry (結婚)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

女義a woman
昏聲hūn — gives the sound, and the dusk hourdusk: the sun 日 dropped below 氏
A woman (女) and 昏 hūn together. 昏 does double duty: it carries the sound, and it means dusk — the hour the old rite fetched the bride. From the dusk wedding: marriage, 結婚, 婚姻.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

天擦黑（昏），一個女人（女）被接過門——成婚。
At nightfall (昏) a woman (女) is fetched across the threshold — the marriage made.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)結婚、婚姻— marriage常用
→婚嫁— to marry, to wed
→已婚、未婚— married / unmarried常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
昏hūnthe sound-and-sense giver — 昏 alone is dusk; add 女 and the dusk becomes a wedding婆＝ 女 ＋ 波póthe women-radical neighbour — 女 on the left, that one an old woman