Dong Chinese dictionary

yuàn

pasture

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

夗 Sound component

yuàn

to turn over when asleep

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yuàn

pasture, park, garden; mansion; park

Yuàn

surname Yuan

Most common words with 苑

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	苑	surname Yuan
	南苑	Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
	文苑	the literary world
	清苑县	Qingyuan county in Baoding 保定[Bǎodìng], Hebei
	清苑	Qingyuan county in Baoding 保定[Bǎodìng], Hebei

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