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袁

袁 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 10 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ゆったりした衣服。
  2. 中国における有力な姓。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。原字の甲骨文字は「⿱衣又（𮕧）」で、「衣 （=衣服）」+「又 （=人の手）」。服を手に持って体に着る様子。のち音符「〇」を加えた形声文字となる。上部に「止」が加えられ、それが「屮」に訛変したものが「袁」字になった。「服を着る」を意味する漢語｛擐｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

long kimono

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
  • オン
Other languages
  • 拼音yuan2
  • 한글weon
  • Hán-ViệtViên

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8881

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠮷𧘇

Words using this kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-7
Four Corner
4073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b7.8
Nelson
1082