yuàn

sincere

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

Components
原 sound component

  Sound component

yuán

  

source

心 meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

Evolution

愿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
愿 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
愿 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
愿 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
愿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yuàn

sincere, honest, virtuous; honest; prudent; variant of |[yuàn]

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yuàn

desire, want; wish; ambition; to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing

Most common words with 愿
Freq.
Word
Meaning

愿意

to wish

to hope

愿望

desire

不愿

unwilling

宁愿

better