Keyword
cause
- reason
- fate
- margin
- hem
- Frequency
- #1332
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
yuán100%
Mnemonic
纟 (thread) gives the meaning and 彖 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
边缘
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
缘
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
缘故
reason; cause
无缘
to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
血缘
bloodline
地缘
geographic situation; geo-(politics etc)
绝缘
to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
缘由
reason; cause
无缘无故
(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
缘分
fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
有缘
related; brought together by fate
边缘化
to marginalize; marginalization
姻缘
a marriage predestined by fate
缘起
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor
因缘
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
人缘
the quality of one's relationships with other people (e.g. 人缘好 (rényuánhǎo) "to be well liked")
机缘
chance; opportunity; destiny
情缘
predestined love; love affinity
亲缘
blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
结缘
to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)
血缘关系
blood relationship; consanguinity
缘何
(literary) why?; for what reason?
缘于
to originate from; to come from the fact that; owing to; because of
绝缘体
electrical insulation; heat insulation