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垣

yuán

Character

What 垣 means

1. wall

Words starting with 垣

• 垣衣yuán yīmoss under old walls
• 垣曲县Yuán qǔ XiànYuanqu, a county in Yuncheng City 运城市
• 垣曲Yuán qǔsee 垣曲县

Words containing 垣

• 城垣chéng yuáncity wall
• 枢垣shū yuáncensorate
• 残垣cán yuán(literary) ruined walls; ruins
• 墙垣qiáng yuánwall; fence
• 省垣shěng yuána provincial capital
• 篱垣lí yuánfence; hedge
• 逾垣yú yuánto run away; to escape
• 花垣县Huā yuán XiànHuayuan, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
• 襄垣县Xiāng yuán XiànXiangyuan, a county in Changzhi City 长治市
• 长垣市Cháng yuán ShìChangyuan, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新乡市
• 断垣残壁duàn yuán cán bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 断壁残垣duàn bì cán yuánlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 断壁颓垣duàn bì tuí yuánlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 断瓦残垣duàn wǎ cán yuánthe tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
• 残垣败壁cán yuán bài bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 残垣断壁cán yuán duàn bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 颓垣断壁tuí yuán duàn bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 掖垣yè yuánsidewalls of a palace
• 墉垣yōng yuáncity wall
• 垝垣guǐ yuáncollapsed wall; ruined wall
• 花垣Huā yuánsee 花垣县
• 襄垣Xiāng yuánsee 襄垣县
• 长垣Cháng yuánsee 长垣市

Characters built on 亘

These share the phonetic component 亘 (gèn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)
• 烜xuǎnbrilliant
• 洹huánname of a river

Characters that look like 垣

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

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted; level
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 桃táopeach
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

Sounds the same

Read yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 员(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…
• 原former; original; primary
• 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 圆circle; round; circular
• 源root; source; origin
• 援to help; to assist; to aid
• 缘cause; reason; karma
• 辕shaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…
• 袁long robe (old)
• 猿ape
• 媛used in 婵媛