Chinese Character 袁 Meanings and components.

Form

袁

Meaning

袁 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yuan.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 袁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𠮷) , and clan name (氏)

Its radical[1] is: 衣 (yi1) which means: Clothes, Cl:件[Jian4], Kangxi Radical 145, .衣yi1clothes

In cangjie it is written with GRHV

How to write 袁

To write袁yuan2surname Yuan you should write a combination of 𠮷𠮷5 , 氏shi4clan name arranged in a 吕 shape:

𠮷 + 氏 = 袁

袁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

袁
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan
𠮷
Pinyin:𠮷5 Shape:吕
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
氏
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Clan Name . Maiden Name

Notes

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

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

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