yuàn = yu + an4
surname Yuan
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yuàn = yu + an4
park
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How to pronounce 苑

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

苑 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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yuàn = yu + an4
to turn over when asleep
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Characters with 苑 as component

苑 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 苑

Beijing Nanyuan Airport, military air base and secondary civil airport of Beijing
Beiyuan neighborhood of Beijing
Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing

Sentences with 苑

苑 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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