許嫁

許嫁

1. (literary) to consent to marry a man

*/ipinaduke/ → /ifinad͡zuke/ → /iːnazuke/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 言い名付く (iinazuku), modern 言い名付ける (iinazukeru, “to betroth someone, to engage someone to be married, to take someone as a fiancé / fiancée”, literally “to name someone out loud”).[1][2][3][4]

The kanji compound is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 許嫁.

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) いいなずけ [ìínázúké] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [iːna̠zɨᵝke̞]

許嫁 (hiragana いいなずけ, hiragana いいなづけ, rōmaji iinazuke, historical hiragana いひなづけ)

1. Alternative spelling of 許婚: (historical) an arranged engagement, wherein both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young
2. Alternative spelling of 許婚: (rare) a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)

• (fiancé / fiancée): 婚 (こん)約 (やく)者 (しゃ) (kon'yakusha), フィアンセ (fianse) (much more common)

許嫁する (suru conjugation, hiragana いいなずけする, hiragana いいなづけする, rōmaji iinazuke suru, historical hiragana いひばづけする)

1. (historical) to arrange an engagement, whereby both sets of parents promise that their children shall wed; generally arranged while the children are still young

Irregular shift from iinazuke above,[2] apparently influenced by the alternative yui reading for root verb stem 言う (ii, standard reading), and possibly also influenced by 結い (yui, “knot; binding together”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 結う (yuu, “to tie a knot; to bind together”)).

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ゆいなずけ [yùínázúké] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝina̠zɨᵝke̞]

This reading appears to be rare. The senses are all the same as for iinazuke above.

From Middle Chinese 許嫁 (MC hɨʌ^X kˠa^H, “permitted; betrothed + marriage”).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) きょ​か [kyóꜜkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ka̠]

許嫁 (hiragana きょか, rōmaji kyoka)

1. permission from both sets of parents to marry
2. (rare) someone so permitted: a fiancée (female) or fiancé (male)

• (fiancé / fiancée): 婚 (こん)約 (やく)者 (しゃ) (kon'yakusha), フィアンセ (fianse) (much more common)

許嫁する (suru conjugation, hiragana きょかする, rōmaji kyoka suru)

1. to permit one's child to marry