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袁

Yuan2
#1,753 most
frequent character
surname Yuan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

袁 first showed clothing 衣 and a hand 又, giving 'put on clothes.' Later 〇 was added for its sound, now written 口. The hand changed into 土.

Drawn as: clothing; hand

袁 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
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Same Characters, Different Readings

袁yuán
long robe (old)

Homophones

原Yuan2
surname Yuan, (Japanese surname) Hara
园Yuan2
surname Yuan

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