yuán

robe

Original meaning: 

get into (armor)

Depicts a hand () putting on clothes (). Based on the original meaning "get into armor", now written as . A circle () was later added in the middle to indicate the sound.

Components
又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

圓 sound,remnant component

  Sound Remnant component

yuán

  

circle

Depicts a circle. Early form of (round).

衣 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

clothes

Evolution

袁 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
袁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
袁 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
袁 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yuán

robe; surname; long robe (old)

 

Yuán

surname Yuan

Most common words with 袁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Yuan

袁绍

Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord

袁世凯

Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China

袁咏仪

Anita Yuen (1971-), Hong Kong actress

袁枚

Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (3 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷa[n]

hjwon

yuán

long robe


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

1755th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8881

Shuowen

“袁,長衣皃。从衣,叀省聲。”


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