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沅

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Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

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Strokes
7
Radical
水 +4
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
沅
Common rank
#3,202
Unicode
U+6C85

Formation & memory

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How 沅 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 元 sound ( yuán )

Components 氵 元

Words with 沅

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WordPinyinMeaning
镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县 Zhèn yuán Yí zú Hā ní zú Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan
沅江市 Yuán jiāng Shì Yuanjiang, a county-level city in Yiyang City 益陽市|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
镇沅县 Zhèn yuán Xiàn see 鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣|镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县[Zhen4 yuan2 Yi2 zu2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4…
沅陵县 Yuán líng Xiàn Yuanling, a county in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan
沅水 Yuán shuǐ Yuan River
沅江 Yuán Jiāng Yuan River, one of the largest rivers in Hunan
沅江 Yuán jiāng see 沅江市[Yuan2 jiang1 Shi4]
沅江九肋 Yuán jiāng jiǔ lèi rare talent; lit. legendary nine-ribbed turtle of Yuan river
镇沅 Zhèn yuán see 鎮沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治縣|镇沅彝族哈尼族拉祜族自治县[Zhen4 yuan2 Yi2 zu2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4…
沅陵 Yuán líng see 沅陵縣|沅陵县[Yuan2 ling2 Xian4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 元 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
元 sound part yuán first; dollar; origin; head
远 yuǎn distant, remote, far; profound
园 yuán garden, park; orchard
玩 wán to play with, to joke, to entertain
完 wán to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
顽 wán stubborn, recalcitrant, obstinate
阮 ruǎn ancient musical instrument; surname
芫 yuán a poisonous plant; Daphne genkwa
朊 ruǎn protein
蚖 yuán salamander, newt
鼋 yuán large turtle, sea turtle