緣

See also: 縁 and 缘

Translingual

Traditional	緣
Shinjitai	縁
Simplified	缘

Han character

緣 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火女弓人 (VFVNO), four-corner 2793₂, composition ⿰糹彖)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27656
• Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3433, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7DE3

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Chinese

trad.		緣
simp.		缘
alternative forms		縁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 緣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (彖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蠡	*reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠	*reːlʔ, *reːl
彖	*l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬	*l'els
喙	*hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯	*hlods
剶	*ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭	*l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨	*l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽	*l'on
篆	*l'onʔ
瑑	*l'onʔ
堟	*l'onʔ
蝝	*lon
緣	*lon, *lons
櫞	*lon
掾	*lons
褖	*l̥ʰoːns
湪	*l̥ʰoːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lon, *lons) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 彖 (OC *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緣

1. hem (edge of a piece of clothing)
2. edge; brink; margin
3. along; down; throughout the length of
4. to climb up; to climb vertically; to ascend
5. to involve; to implicate; to incriminate
6. reason; cause; basis
7. because of; due to

   花徑不曾緣客掃，蓬門今始為君開。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   花径不曾缘客扫，蓬门今始为君开。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Du Fu, 客至

   Huā jìng bùcéng yuán kè sǎo, péng mén jīn shǐ wèi jūn kāi. [Pinyin]

   The flower path was never swept because of guests; the grassy gate was opened today for the first time ever for you.

8. relying on; depending on
9. lucky chance; luck or lot by which people are brought together; predestined relationship; fate; serendipity
10. linkage; bondings

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuàn (yuan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuàn
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴
    • Yale: ywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuann
    • Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶
    • Yale: yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緣
Reading #	2/2
No.	12530
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	掾
Old Chinese	/*lons/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 緣

1. hem; margin
2. ^† to edge with lace; to rim with lace, border, etc.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	縁
Kyūjitai	緣

Kanji

緣

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 縁)

1. hem
2. margin
3. reason
4. cause
5. karma
6. fate

Readings

• On (unclassified): えん (en)
• Kun: ふち (fuchi, 緣); へり (heri, 緣); よる (yoru, 緣る)

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Korean

Hanja

緣 • (yeon, dan) (hangeul 연, 단, revised yeon, dan, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, tan, Yale yen, tan)

1. fate
2. reason

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 緣 (duyên)

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