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yuàn

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yuàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuàn | yuan4
English translation
desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing

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About yuàn

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

yuàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of yuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

原頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yuán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. In simplified Chinese yuàn is also used to mean "hope; wish", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character yuàn .

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Words with yuàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
愿意 yuànyì to wish願意
yuàn to hope yuàn
愿望 yuànwàng desire願望
不愿 bù yuàn unwilling不願
宁愿 nìngyuàn better寧願
但愿 dàn yuàn I wish (that)但願
自愿 zìyuàn voluntary自願
志愿者 zhìyuànzhě volunteer志願者
意愿 yì yuàn aspiration意願
志愿 zhì yuàn aspiration志願
心愿 xīn yuàn dream心願
祝愿 zhù yuàn to wish祝願
情愿 qíng yuàn willingness情願
许愿 xǔ yuàn to make a wish許願
如愿 rú yuàn to have one's wishes fulfilled如願
心甘情愿 xīngānqíngyuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom)心甘情願
志愿军 zhì yuàn jūn volunteer army志願軍
甘愿 gān yuàn willingly甘願
如愿以偿 rú yuàn yǐ cháng to have one's wish fulfilled如願以償
一厢情愿 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking一廂情願
遗愿 yí yuàn final wishes of the departed遺願
事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)事與願違
请愿书 qǐng yuàn shū petition請願書
请愿 qǐng yuàn petition (for action to be taken)請願
夙愿 sù yuàn long-cherished wish夙願

yuàn Decomposition & Compounds

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