(yuān)

HSK 7-911 strokesTrad.

deep pool

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yuān
Meaning
deep pool; deep; profound
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵⿻?米

In this compound, the meaning comes from (water).

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yuānyuán
HSK 7-9

origin

Open 渊源 page →
jiǔyuān

abyss; deep chasm

Open 九渊 page →
liúyuān

Liu Yuan (c. 251–310), warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[…

Open 刘渊 page →
sāiyuān

honest and far-seeing

Open 塞渊 page →

no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely

Open 不啻天渊 page →

(lit.) as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom)

Open 如临深渊 page →

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