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yuān

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yuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuān | yuan1
English translation
abyss, depth; to surge up, to bubble up

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About yuān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yuān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

shuǐ ⿻⿰片爿一

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

piān

Explanation

Simplified form of yuān . Originally written as 𣶒. The left shuǐ (water) component was added later.

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Words with yuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
深渊 shēn yuān abyss深淵
渊源 yuān yuán origin淵源
渊博 yuān bó erudite淵博
yuān deep yuān
李渊 Lǐ Yuān Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 Táng Gāo zǔ [Táng​Gāo​zǔ] (566-635), reigned 618-626李淵
陶渊明 Táo Yuān míng Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet陶淵明
刘渊 Liú Yuān Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 Xī Jìn , founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 Chéng Hàn (304-347)劉淵
九渊 jiǔ yuān abyss九淵
临渊羡鱼 lín yuān xiàn yú one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim臨淵羨魚
颜渊 Yán Yuān Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子 Kǒng fū zǐ [Kǒng​fū​zǐ], also known as 顏回|颜回 Yán Huí [Yán​Huí]顏淵
天渊之别 tiān yuān zhī bié a complete contrast天淵之別
渊薮 yuān sǒu lair淵藪
小渊 Xiǎo yuān Obuchi (Japanese surname)小淵
小渊惠三 Xiǎo yuān Huì sān Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000小淵惠三
鼻渊 bí yuān nasosinusitis鼻淵
天渊 tiān yuān poles apart天淵
洪渊 hóng yuān vast and profound洪淵

yuān Decomposition & Compounds

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