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袁

yuán
#1,753 most
frequent character
long robe (old)

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

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Same Characters, Different Readings

袁Yuan2
surname Yuan

Homophones

HSK 2
圆yuán
circle, round, circular, spherical
HSK 4
元yuán
first, primary, basic
员yuán
a person engaged in some field of activity (waiter
原yuán
primary, original, former, raw
园yuán
garden, an area of land for growing plants
源yuán
root, source, origin
缘yuán
cause, reason, karma, fate