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沅

Yuán

Character

What 沅 means

1. Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

Words starting with 沅

• 沅水Yuán shuǐYuan River
• 沅江Yuán JiāngYuan River, one of the largest rivers in Hunan
• 沅江市Yuán jiāng ShìYuanjiang, a county-level city in Yiyang City 益阳市
• 沅陵县Yuán líng XiànYuanling, a county in Huaihua City 怀化市
• 沅江九肋Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèirare talent; lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
• 沅陵Yuán língsee 沅陵县

Words containing 沅

• 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiànZhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 镇沅Zhèn yuánsee 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县
• 镇沅县Zhèn yuán Xiànsee 镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县

Characters built on 元

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

• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 阮ruǎnruan, a four-stringed Chinese lute
• 朊ruǎnprotein
• 鼋yuánsea turtle
• 蚖yuánProtura (soil dwelling primitive hexapod); variant of 螈, salamander; newt

Characters that look like 沅

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

• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 犹yóuas if; (just) like; just as
• 沉chénto submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 沈shěn(literary) juice
• 纰pīerror; carelessness; spoiled silk
• 泷lóngrapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)

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