爰

yuán

Meanings

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yuán

1.therefore
2.consequently
3.thus
4.hence
5.thereupon
6.it follows that
7.where?
8.to change (into)
9.ancient unit of weight and money

Yuán

1.surname Yuan

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Wiktionary

1.therefore; consequently
2.A sentence-initial particle

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 爫 (“hand”) + 丨 + 又 (“hand”) – two hands holding or pulling something, possibly indicating “to pull”, the original form of 援 (OC *ɢʷans, *ɢʷan). The middle component has historically taken on various forms. Contraction of 于時 (OC *ɢʷa djɯ) or 于是 (OC *ɢʷa djeʔ) (Smith, 2012).

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Stroke order

Components

爰⺤干又

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

兔爰爰居爰書爰书爰歷篇爰历篇爰爰爰田爰金郢爰

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