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yuán = yu + an2
cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along
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How to pronounce 缘

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
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

缘 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
tuàn = tu + an4
to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
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= s + Ø1
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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Characters with 缘 as component

yuán = yu + an2
Citrus medica
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Words with 缘

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edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery / marginal; borderline
reason / cause
no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for

Sentences with 缘

缘 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yuán

cause / reason / karma / fate / predestined affinity / margin / hem / edge / along

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