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Traditional (Taiwan): 轅

yuán ㄩㄢˊ

    • shaft of a cart or carriage
    • entrance gate of a military camp or yamen (fig.) government office

      bound form

Other words read yuán

In the same tone

  • 元 yuán currency unit
  • 原 yuán former
  • 员 yuán member
  • 源 yuán root
  • 圆 yuán circle

All 29 words read yuán

yuan with other tones

  • 远 yuǎn far
  • 院 yuàn courtyard
  • 愿 yuàn honest and prudent
  • 怨 yuàn blame
  • 冤 yuān injustice

All 48 words read yuan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 辕

    部首 radical
    车
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 10 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    车袁
    形旁 meaning
    车
    声旁 sound
    袁
    Practise writing 辕

    Trace 辕, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 辕: HSK 7-9 vocabulary, part 109: writing drill 2 of 3, Idioms and proverbs: HSK 7-9, part 3: writing drill 6 of 9.

    Words with 辕

    Ending with 辕

    • 轩辕 xuānyuán two-character surname Xuanyuan
    • 车辕 chēyuán shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body
    • 驾辕 jiàyuán pull a carriage

    Containing 辕

    • 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé act in a way that defeats one's purpose
    • 轩辕氏 xuānyuánshì alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
    • 轩辕十四 xuānyuánshísì Regulus

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