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
猿辕

Ask DeepSeek

Same Characters, Different Readings

袁yuán
long robe (old)

Homophones

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

Your word lists

Sign in to add this word to your private lists.