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螈

yuán

Character

What 螈 means

1. salamander
2. newt

Words containing 螈

• 洞螈dòng yuánolm (Proteus anguinus)
• 蝾螈róng yuánsalamander; newt
• 大蝾螈dà róng yuánChinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
• 杰利蝾螈jié lì róng yuán(loanword) gerrymander
• 中国大蝾螈Zhōng guó dà róng yuánChinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
• 瘰螈luǒ yuántriton

Characters built on 原

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

• 源yuánroot; source; origin
• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 塬yuánplateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黄土高原

Characters that look like 螈

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

• 醋cùvinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 螃pángused in 螃蟹
• 蝗huánglocust
• 蟆mátoad
• 燧suì(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's…
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖

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