こん
婚
やく
約

noun, takes する, intransitive verb, takes genitive case の

  1. engagement, betrothal.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こん
婚
やく
約
 婚約 こんやく ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

marriage
コン (7th, N3)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
dark, evening, dusk
コン　くら.い　くれ (Kentei Pre-1)
family name, surname, clan
シ　うじ (4th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
promise, approximately, shrink
ヤク　つづ.まる　つづま.やか (4th, N3)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)