Chinese Character 缘 Meanings and components.

Form

缘

Meaning

缘 meaning[3] in English

Cause.

Reason.

Karma.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 缘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and to foretell the … (彖)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMVNO

How to write 缘

To write缘yuan2cause you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 彖tuan4to foretell … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 彖 = 缘

缘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 缘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 缘, looks as follow:

缘
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cause . Reason . Karma . Fate . Predestined Affinity . Margin . Hem . Edge . Along
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
彖
Pinyin:tuan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Foretell The Future Using The Trigrams Of The Book Of Changes 易經|易经
彑
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 彐[Ji4]
𧰨
Pinyin:geng4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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