緣

See also: 縁 and 缘
緣 U+7DE3, 緣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DE3
← 緢
[U+7DE2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 緤 →
[U+7DE4]

Translingual
Traditional 緣
Shinjitai 縁
Simplified 缘

Han character

緣 (radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火女弓人 (VFVNO), four-corner 27932, composition ⿰糹彖)

References
  • KangXi: page 930, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27656
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3433, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7DE3

Chinese
trad. 緣
simp. 缘
variant forms 縁

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (彖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠡 *reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠 *reːlʔ, *reːl
彖 *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬 *l'els
喙 *hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯 *hlods
剶 *ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭 *l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨 *l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽 *l'on
篆 *l'onʔ
瑑 *l'onʔ
堟 *l'onʔ
蝝 *lon
緣 *lon, *lons
櫞 *lon
掾 *lons
褖 *l̥ʰoːns
湪 *l̥ʰoːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lon, *lons) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 彖 (OC *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns).

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • uang5 - Shantou;
  • uêng5 - Chaozhou.
Rime
Character 緣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與專切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /juæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jwian/
Li
Rong		 /iuɛn/
Wang
Li		 /jĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yuán
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 緣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yuán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ywen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*lon/
English go along, follow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 緣
Reading # 1/2
No. 12527
Phonetic
component		 彖
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 沿
Old
Chinese		 /*lon/

Definitions

緣

  1. hem (edge of a piece of clothing)
  2. edge; brink; margin
  3. along; down; throughout the length of
  4. to climb up; to climb vertically; to ascend
  5. to involve; to implicate; to incriminate
  6. reason; cause; basis
  7. because of; due to
    花徑不曾緣客掃，蓬門今始為君開。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    花径不曾缘客扫，蓬门今始为君开。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Du Fu, 客至
    Huā jìng bùcéng yuán kè sǎo, péng mén jīn shǐ wèi jūn kāi. [Pinyin]
    The flower path was never swept because of guests; the grassy gate was opened today for the first time ever for you.
  8. relying on; depending on
  9. lucky chance; luck or lot by which people are brought together; predestined relationship; fate
  10. linkage; bondings

Compounds
Derived terms from 緣

Pronunciation 2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 緣
Reading # 2/2
No. 12530
Phonetic
component		 彖
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 掾
Old
Chinese		 /*lons/

Definitions

緣

  1. hem; margin
  2. † to edge with lace; to rim with lace, border, etc.

Japanese

Shinjitai

 縁

Kyūjitai

 緣

Kanji
緣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 縁)

  1. hem
  2. margin
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. karma
  6. fate

Readings
  • On (unclassified): えん (en)
  • Kun: ふち (fuchi, 緣); へり (heri, 緣); よる (yoru, 緣る)

Korean

Hanja

緣 • (yeon, dan) (hangeul 연, 단, revised yeon, dan, McCune–Reischauer yŏn, tan, Yale yen, tan)

  1. fate
  2. reason

Vietnamese

Han character

緣 (duyên)

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