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yuàn

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yuàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuàn | yuan4
English translation
pasture, park, garden; mansion

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About yuàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

yuàn

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of yuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹夗

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

yuàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and yuàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yuàn

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yuàn Chuān 断层 duàn céng shǔ Jīn 城关 chéng guān 断层 duàn céng Dōng Yán 部分 bùfen .

Court River fault is the fault Chengguan extension of the East.

hěn 高兴 gāoxìng Néng 入住 rù zhù 圣庭苑酒店 jiǔ diàn

He was happy to book into the Royal Pavilion Hotel.

Words with yuàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yuàn surname Yuan yuàn
南苑 Nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing南苑 Nán yuàn
文苑 wén yuàn the literary world文苑 wén yuàn
清苑县 Qīng yuàn xiàn Qingyuan county in Baoding 保定 Bǎo dìng [Bǎo​dìng], Hebei清苑縣
清苑 Qīng yuàn Qingyuan county in Baoding 保定 Bǎo dìng [Bǎo​dìng], Hebei清苑 Qīng yuàn
阆苑 Làng yuàn Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends閬苑
文苑英华 Wén yuàn Yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉 Lǐ Fǎng [Lǐ​Fǎng], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉 Xú Xuàn [Xú​Xuàn], Song Bai 宋白 Sòng bái [Sòng​Bái] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简 Sū Yì jiǎn [Sū​Yì​jiǎn], 1000 scrolls文苑英華
鹿苑寺 Lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都 Jīng dū , Japan鹿苑寺 Lù yuàn sì
芳苑乡 Fāng yuàn xiāng Fangyuan township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县 Zhāng huà xiàn [Zhāng​huà​xiàn], Taiwan芳苑鄉

yuàn Decomposition & Compounds

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