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掾

yuàn

Character

What 掾 means

1. official

Characters built on 彖

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

• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 椽chuánbeam; rafter; classifier for rooms
• 篆zhuànseal (of office); seal script (a calligraphic style); the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆

Sounds the same

Read yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 院courtyard; institution
• 愿honest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 怨to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
• 苑(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park…
• 远to distance oneself from (classical)
• 瑗large jade ring
• 媛(bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced yuán); Taiwan pr. yuán
• 夗to turn over when asleep