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袁

yuán
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Yuan

Examples

袁先生是我们的新同事。
Yuán xiānsheng shì wǒmen de xīn tóngshì.
Mr. Yuan is our new colleague.
袁隆平被誉为杂交水稻之父。
Yuán Lóngpíng bèi yùwéi zájiāo shuǐdào zhīfù.
Yuan Longping is honored as the father of hybrid rice.

Tips

usage
袁 is almost exclusively a surname today. Its ancient meaning of "a long, flowing robe" has fallen out of use.

Components

radical
衣 yī
clothes; garment
The garment 衣 wraps around the outside; its strokes are split before and after the inner element, reflecting the original picture of a long robe.
semantic
口 kǒu
mouth; opening
The 口 sits enclosed in the middle, in the original image the collar opening of the robe around a person.

In Pop Culture

袁隆平 Yuán Lóngpíng
Yuan Longping
Chinese agronomist (1930-2021) who developed the first hybrid rice strains, credited with helping feed hundreds of millions and widely revered in China.

Stroke Order

袁 yuán