yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan
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yuán = yu + an2
long robe (old)
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How to pronounce 袁

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.

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+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

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袁 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
= ji + Ø2
lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) / surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 袁 as component

yuán = yu + an2
land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
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yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan
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variant of 瞏[qiong2]
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Words with 袁

opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[Hu4 guo2 Zhan4 zheng1] 1915-1916 / same as 反袁鬥爭|反袁斗争[fan3 Yuan2 dou4 zheng1]
anti-Yuan movement, opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[Hu4 guo2 Zhan4 zheng1] 1915-1916 / same as 反袁鬥爭|反袁斗争[fan3 Yuan2 dou4 zheng1]
war of 1915 against Yuan Shikai and for the Republic

Sentences with 袁

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