缘 yuán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 彖 hog, hedgehog, porcupine
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
缘分
yuánfèn
fate; affinity that brings people together
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 两位科学家在不同国家研究同一课题，最终合作也算是一种缘分。 Liǎng wèi kēxuéjiā zài bùtóng guójiā yánjiū tóng yī kètí, zuìzhōng hézuò yě suàn shì yì zhǒng yuánfèn. Two scientists studying the same topic in different countries eventually collaborated, which can be seen as a kind of fate.
- 我们能成为好朋友，真是很有缘分。 Wǒmen néng chéngwéi hǎo péngyou, zhēnshi hěn yǒu yuánfèn. That we became good friends is truly a matter of fate.
- 十年后再见到老同学，大家都笑着说这是缘分。 Shí nián hòu zài jiàndào lǎo tóngxué, dàjiā dōu xiàozhe shuō zhè shì yuánfèn. Meeting old classmates ten years later, everyone laughed and said it was fate.
Related words
- 边缘 biānyuán edge; margin; marginal
- 绝缘 juéyuán to insulate; insulation
- 人缘儿 rényuánr popularity; ability to get along with people
- 无缘 wúyuán to have no chance or fate; not destined
- 血缘 xuèyuán blood relationship; consanguinity
- 缘故 yuángù reason; cause
- 分 fēn minute; to divide
- 部分 bùfen part
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 分 fēn to divide; to share out
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 分数 fēnshù score; grade