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The character "娶", meaning for a man to take a wife, is formed by the component 取, meaning "to take" and acting as both phonetic and semantic indicator, combined with the radical 女 for "woman". This structure explicitly denotes the action of taking a woman in marriage. Etymologically, "娶" originated from the broader use of "取" in early texts where it could refer to acquiring a bride, with the addition of 女 serving to disambiguate and specialize the term for marital contexts. Over centuries, the character's meaning narrowed exclusively to the male act of marrying, distinguishing it from other applications of 取 and cementing its role in describing matrimonial rites.
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昨天我娶了她。
他想娶一位老师。
弟弟准备明年娶妻。
娶到一个好妻子是幸福的。
如果我有钱，我就娶她。
他娶了那个他爱了很多年的女人。
在传统文化中，娶亲是重要的事情。
尽管家人反对，他还是决心要娶她为妻。