yuán
hem
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 緣
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
edge | ||
cause | ||
reason | ||
(Budd.) destiny | ||
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lon | ywen | yuán | go along, follow |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 19.0293% of movies
1640th most common character in movies
1274th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7DE3 |
Shuowen | “緣,衣純也。从糸,彖聲。” |
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