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袁

yuán

Character

What 袁 means

1. long robe (old)

Other readings

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

• Yuánsurname Yuan

Words starting with 袁

• 袁世凯Yuán Shì kǎiYuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and…
• 袁绍Yuán ShàoYuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
• 袁隆平Yuán Lóng píngYuan Longping (1930–2021), Chinese agronomist known as the "father of hybrid rice"
• 袁枚Yuán MéiYuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters…
• 袁静Yuán JìngYuan Jing (1911-1999), writer, dramatist and film critic
• 袁头Yuán tóusilver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of…
• 袁于令Yuán Yú lìngYuan Yuling (-1674) Qing writer, author of 西楼记
• 袁宏道Yuán Hóng dàoYuan Hongdao (1568-1610), Ming dynasty poet and travel writer
• 袁州区Yuán zhōu QūYuanzhou, a district of Yichun City 宜春市
• 袁咏仪Yuán Yǒng yíAnita Yuen (1971-), Hong Kong actress
• 袁桷Yuán JuéYuan Jue (1267-1327), Yuan dynasty writer and calligrapher
• 袁州Yuán zhōusee 袁州区

Words containing 袁

• 反袁fǎn Yuánopposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凯
• 反袁运动fǎn Yuán yùn dònganti-Yuan movement, opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凯; same as 反袁斗争
• 反袁斗争fǎn Yuán dòu zhēngwar of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic

Characters built on 土

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

• 垣yuánwall
• 塬yuánplateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黄土高原

Characters that look like 袁

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

• 盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk
• 桌zhuōtable; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine

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…
• 猿ape
• 媛used in 婵媛
• 垣wall