yuán

hem

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

彖 sound component

  Sound component

tuàn

  

a hog

Evolution

緣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
緣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
緣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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yuán

hem, margin; reason, cause; karma, fate; cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along

Most common words with 緣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

边缘

edge

cause

缘故

reason

缘分

(Budd.) destiny

无缘无故

no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for

Component uses

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