缘 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yuán

hem

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì, sī

silk

thread

彖 Sound component

tuàn

a hog

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yuán

hem, margin; reason, cause; karma, fate; cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along

Most common words with 缘

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	边缘	edge
	缘	cause
	缘故	reason
	缘分	(Budd.) destiny
	无缘无故	no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 19.0293% of movies

1640th most common character in movies

1274th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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