Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) 婚 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 264, Entry 34 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced hun. Marriage; refers to the act of wedding. Book of Erya (Erya), Explanation of Kinship: The relatives of the wife are referred to as marriage brothers; the relatives of the husband are referred to as in-law brothers. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tun Hexagram: Contains records regarding requests for marriage matches. Furthermore, kinship ties formed through marriage are called an alliance. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Wang Shang: General-in-Chief Wang Feng and Yang Rong formed a marriage alliance. Additionally, in cases where money or goods are demanded at the time of marriage, it is termed selling marriage. Historical Generalities (Shitong): The gentry of the Shandong region placed great importance on family status and insisted on receiving large sums of money during marriage; people referred to this as selling marriage. In classical and historical texts, the character for marriage is also used interchangeably with the character for dusk (hun). See the detailed notes under the entry for dusk (hun).