媛

yuán / yuàn
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 婵媛) graceful; lovely
  2. 2 (in 婵媛) connected; clinging

Examples

HSK 3
Hěnduō nǚhái de míngzi yòng yuán zì.
Many girls' given names use the character yuán.
HSK 7-9
Gǔshī xíngróng tā chányuán de zītài.
The classical poem describes her graceful, lovely bearing.

Tips

usage
The yuán reading lives in the literary word 婵媛 (graceful; also 'linked, clinging'). This is also the reading most parents intend when 媛 is used in a girl's given name.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
Left woman radical, the indexing component, naming this directly as a word about a woman, specifically a beautiful or distinguished one. Same family as 娘 and 婷.
phonetic
爰 yuán
thereupon; to lead on
Right 爰 supplies the sound, yuán, kept directly in the yuán reading and shifting to yuàn in this sense. The same phonetic appears in 援 and 暖.

Stroke Order

媛 yuán