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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
low wall

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

yuán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土亘

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gèn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gèn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yuán

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dào 1644 Nián , zhè 残垣 cán yuán Zhōng zhǐ shèng duī 石头 shítou .

In 1644, a lone heap of stones from this remained.

我们 wǒmen 找到 zhǎo dào chǔ ǎi 石墙 de cán yuán , xiē le 歇脚 xiē jiǎo .

We found a perch on the ruins a low stone wall.

zài 生长 shēngzhǎng de 伦敦 Lún dūn 四周 sì zhōu 全是轰炸 hōng zhà Hòu de 断壁残垣

In London, where I grew up, we were surrounded by bomb sites.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yuán wall yuán
残垣断壁 cán yuán duàn bì crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)殘垣斷壁
城垣 chéng yuán city wall城垣 chéng yuán
长垣 Cháng yuán Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡 Xīn xiāng [Xīn​xiāng], Henan長垣
墙垣 qiáng yuán wall牆垣
长垣县 Cháng yuán xiàn Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡 Xīn xiāng [Xīn​xiāng], Henan長垣縣
襄垣县 Xiāng yuán xiàn Xiangyuan county in Changzhi 長治|长治 Cháng zhì [Cháng​zhì], Shanxi襄垣縣
花垣县 Huā yuán xiàn Huayuan county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu [Xiāng​xī​Tǔ​jiā​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu]花垣縣
花垣 Huā yuán Huayuan county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州 Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu [Xiāng​xī​Tǔ​jiā​zú​Miáo​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu]花垣 Huā yuán
襄垣 Xiāng yuán Xiangyuan county in Changzhi 長治|长治 Cháng zhì [Cháng​zhì], Shanxi襄垣 Xiāng yuán
垣曲 Yuán qǔ Yuanqu county in Yuncheng 運城|运城 Yùn chéng [Yùn​chéng], Shanxi垣曲 Yuán qǔ
垣曲县 Yuán qǔ xiàn Yuanqu county in Yuncheng 運城|运城 Yùn chéng [Yùn​chéng], Shanxi垣曲縣
颓垣断壁 tuí yuán duàn bì crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)頹垣斷壁

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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