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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
a river in western Hunan

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵元

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Yuán represents the sound.

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Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yuán Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan yuán
沅江 Yuán jiāng river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 Dòng tíng Hú 沅江 Yuán jiāng
沅水 Yuán shuǐ Yuan River沅水 Yuán shuǐ
沅陵 Yuán líng Yuanling county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化 Huái huà [Huái​huà], Hunan沅陵 Yuán líng
沅江市 Yuán jiāng shì Yuanjiang county level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳 Yì yáng [Yì​yáng], Hunan沅江市 Yuán jiāng shì
沅陵县 Yuán líng xiàn Yuanling county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化 Huái huà [Huái​huà], Hunan沅陵縣
镇沅县 Zhèn yuán xiàn Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan鎮沅縣
镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县 Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱 Pǔ ěr [Pǔ​'ěr], Yunnan鎮沅彞族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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