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yuán

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yuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuán | yuan2
English translation
ape

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About yuán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

animal

Etymology of yuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭袁

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using yuán

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埃达 yǒu 一张布满 bù mǎn 皱纹 zhòuwén cháng xiàng 猿猴 yuán hóu de liǎn

Ada had a wrinkled, simian face.

Words with yuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yuán variant of yuán [yuán]
猿人 yuán rén apeman猿人 yuán rén
人猿 rén yuán orangutan人猿 rén yuán
猿猴 yuán hóu apes and monkeys猿猴 yuán hóu
长臂猿 cháng bì yuán gibbon長臂猿
类人猿 lèi rén yuán hominid類人猿
心猿意马 xīn yuán yì mǎ hyperactive心猿意馬
北京猿人 Běi jīng yuán rén Peking ape-man北京猿人 Běi jīng yuán rén
南方古猿 Nán fāng Gǔ yuán Australopithecus南方古猿 Nán fāng Gǔ yuán

yuán Decomposition & Compounds

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