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
缘故
yuángù
reason; cause
Characters in this word
故 gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 古 old, classic, ancient 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 项目推迟并非资金不足的缘故，而是审批流程突然调整。 Xiàngmù tuīchí bìngfēi zījīn bùzú de yuángù, ér shì shěnpī liúchéng tūrán tiáozhěng. The project was delayed not because of insufficient funding, but because the approval process was suddenly adjusted.
- 由于天气的缘故，今天飞机晚点了两个小时。 Yóuyú tiānqì de yuángù, jīntiān fēijī wǎndiǎn le liǎng ge xiǎoshí. Because of the weather, today's flight was delayed by two hours.
- 他今天心情不好，不知是什么缘故。 Tā jīntiān xīnqíng bù hǎo, bùzhī shì shénme yuángù. He is in a bad mood today; no one knows what the reason is.
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
- 缘分 yuánfèn fate; affinity that brings people together
- 故事 gùshi story
- 故意 gùyì on purpose
- 故乡 gùxiāng hometown
- 事故 shìgù accident
- 故障 gùzhàng breakdown, malfunction
- 变故 biàngù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune