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缘
緣
yuán
1. cause
2. reason
3. karma
4. fate
5. predestined affinity
6. margin
7. hem
8. edge
9. along
Very Common • Top 5%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

缘
yuán
reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

血缘
xuèyuán
bloodline
情缘
qíngyuán
predestined love
投缘
tóuyuán
to be kindred spirits
有缘
yǒuyuán
related
机缘
jīyuán
chance
无缘
wúyuán
to have no opportunity
结缘
jiéyuán
to form ties
绝缘
juéyuán
to isolate
缘何
yuánhé
why?
缘分
yuánfèn
fate or chance that brings people together
缘故
yuángù
reason
HSK 6
缘于
yuányú
to originate from
缘由
yuányóu
reason
缘起
yuánqǐ
origin
缘饰
yuánshì
fringe
良缘
liángyuán
good karma
人缘
rényuán
relations with people
亲缘
qīnyuán
affinity
路缘
lùyuán
curb
轮缘
lúnyuán
rim

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,273
Word Frequency Rank
3,893 of 84,292

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