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冤

yuān

HSK 6 Character

What 冤 means

1. injustice
2. grievance
3. wrong

Other readings

冤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yuānold variant of {冤|yuān}

Words starting with 冤

• 冤枉yuān wangto accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice
• 冤家yuān jiaenemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
• 冤案yuān ànmiscarriage of justice
• 冤屈yuān qūto treat unjustly; an injustice
• 冤魂yuān húnghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances
• 冤枉钱yuān wang qiánwasted money; pointless expense
• 冤大头yuān dà tóuspendthrift and foolish; sb with more money than sense
• 冤假错案yuān jiǎ cuò ànunjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
• 冤仇yuān chóurancor; enmity; hatred resulting from grievances
• 冤孽yuān nièsin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin
• 冤情yuān qíngfacts of an injustice; circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
• 冤抑yuān yìto suffer injustice
• 冤业yuān yèsin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin; also written 冤孽
• 冤死yuān sǐto suffer an unjust death
• 冤气yuān qìresentment over unfair treatment
• 冤狱yuān yùunjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
• 冤种yuān zhǒng(slang) sucker; dupe; patsy (often used humorously or self-deprecatingly)
• 冤苦yuān kǔto treat (sb) unjustly; anguish caused by an injustice
• 冤钱yuān qiánmoney spent in vain; wasted money
• 冤头yuān tóuenemy; foe
• 冤家对头yuān jiā duì tóuenemy (idiom); opponent; arch-enemy
• 冤家路窄yuān jiā lù zhǎilit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
• 冤枉路yuān wang lùpointless trip; not worth the trip
• 冤诬yuān wūunjust charge; frame-up

Words containing 冤

• 含冤hán yuānwronged; to suffer false accusations
• 喊冤hǎn yuānto cry out a grievance
• 伸冤shēn yuānto right wrongs; to redress an injustice
• 洗冤xǐ yuānto right a wrong; to redress an injustice
• 烦冤fán yuānfrustrated; agitated; distressed
• 申冤shēn yuānto appeal for justice; to demand redress for a grievance
• 蒙冤méng yuānto be wronged; to be subjected to an injustice
• 诉冤sù yuānto complain; to vent one's grievances
• 不白之冤bù bái zhī yuānunrighted wrong; unredressed injustice
• 欢喜冤家huān xǐ yuān jiaquarrelsome but loving couple
• 洗冤集录Xǐ yuān Jí lù"Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈
• 鸣冤叫屈míng yuān jiào qūto complain bitterly
• 黑籍冤魂Hēi jí Yuān húnVictims of Opium, novel by Peng Yangou 彭养鸥
• 窦娥冤Dòu É yuānThe Injustice to Dou E (popular drama by 关汉卿
• 不是冤家不聚头bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóudestiny will make enemies meet (idiom); (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
• 有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rénone who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong…

Characters that look like 冤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 茧jiǎn(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 荤hūnstrong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar
• 萸yúused in 茱萸
• 罡gāngstars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper

Sounds the same

Read yuān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 渊deep pool; deep; profound
• 鸳mandarin duck
• 鸢kite (small hawk)
• 眢inflamed eyelids; parched
• 惌to bear a grudge against
• 棩crooked (tree)
• 箢used in 箢箕; Taiwan pr. wǎn
• 鹓firebird (mythology)
• 肙a small worm; to twist; to surround
• 蜎larva of mosquito
• 渕variant of 渊
• 囦old variant of 渊