沅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yuán

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

元 Sound component

yuán

first

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yuán

name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

Yuán

Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

Most common words with 沅

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	沅	Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan
	沅江	river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖
	沅水	Yuan River
	沅陵	Yuanling county in Huaihua 懷化\|怀化[Huáihuà], Hunan
	沅江市	Yuanjiang county level city in Yiyang 益陽\|益阳[Yìyáng], Hunan