缘
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,272 U+7F18
How 缘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 彖 (phonetic, tuàn)
components: 纟 彖
How to remember it
reason · Heisig RSH #2204
thread + whisk broom + sow
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 彖
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 彖 (tuàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彖 sound component | tuàn | hog, hedgehog, porcupine |
| 篆 | zhuàn | seal script; seal, stamp |
| 蠡 | lí | termite; to bore |
| 椽 | chuán | beams, rafters, supports |
| 掾 | yuàn | a general designation of officials |
Words containing 缘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有缘无分 | yǒu yuán wú fèn | destined to meet but not fated to be together (idiom) |
| 地缘政治学 | dì yuán zhèng zhì xué | geopolitics |
| 一面之缘 | yī miàn zhī yuán | (idiom) one-time encounter (e.g. 有一面之緣|有一面之缘[you3 yi1 mian4 zhi1 yuan2] "to have met once … |
| 边缘地区 | biān yuán dì qū | border area |
| 地缘政治 | dì yuán zhèng zhì | geopolitics; geopolitical |
| 人缘儿 | rén yuán r | erhua form of 人緣|人缘[ren2 yuan2] |
| 无缘无故 | wú yuán wú gù | (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for |
| 血缘关系 | xuè yuán guān xì | blood relationship; consanguinity |
| 边缘人 | biān yuán rén | marginalized people (not part of mainstream society); marginal man (term coined by social … |
| 边缘化 | biān yuán huà | to marginalize; marginalization |
| 缘木求鱼 | yuán mù qiú yú | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible |
| 亲缘关系 | qīn yuán guān xì | phylogenetic relationship |
| 边缘系统 | biān yuán xì tǒng | limbic system |
| 地缘战略 | dì yuán zhàn lüè | geostrategic |
| 绝缘体 | jué yuán tǐ | electrical insulation; heat insulation |
| 镜花缘 | Jìng huā Yuán | Jinghua Yuan or Flowers in the Mirror, Qing novel of fantasy and erudition (early 19th cen… |
| 前缘未了 | qián yuán wèi liǎo | one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom) |
| 人缘 | rén yuán | the quality of one's relationships with other people (e.g. 人緣好|人缘好[ren2 yuan2 hao3] "to be… |
| 地缘 | dì yuán | geographic situation; geo-(politics etc) |
| 无缘 | wú yuán | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a … |