懂中文 Dong Chinese

沅

yuán

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

元 sound component

元  Sound component

yuán

  

first

Evolution

沅 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
沅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
沅 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
沅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

沅  

yuán

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

沅  

Yuán

Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

Most common words with 沅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沅

Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

沅江

river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖

沅水

Yuan River

沅陵

Yuanling county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[Huái​huà], Hunan

沅江市

Yuanjiang county level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yì​yáng], Hunan