to take a wife / to marry (a woman)

= + : Cupid wants to marry Bessie Coleman in the space station, and so he surprises her by giving her a bloody ear as a gift.

娶 character breakdown

to take / to get / to choose / to fetch

= + : Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.

When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.
female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

Characters with 娶 as component

娶 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 娶

(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)
to take a wife
to take a wife / to get married (man)
a bachelor / an unmarried man
not yet married / bachelor
formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law

Sentences with 娶

娶 currently does not appear in any sentence.