緣

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

• 𢷻, 櫞

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27656
• Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3433, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7DE3

Historical forms of the character 緣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

緣

1. hem (edge of a piece of clothing)
2. edge; brink; margin
3. along; down; throughout the length of

   • 晉太元中，武陵人捕魚為業，緣溪行，忘路之遠近。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     晋太元中，武陵人捕鱼为业，缘溪行，忘路之远近。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 4th–5th century, Tao Yuanming, 桃花源記

     Jìn Tàiyuán zhōng, Wǔlíng rén bǔyú wéi yè, yuán xī xíng, wàng lù zhī yuǎnjìn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. to climb up; to climb vertically; to ascend

   • 以若所為，求若所欲，猶緣木而求魚也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以若所为，求若所欲，犹缘木而求鱼也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǐ ruò suǒ wéi, qiú ruò suǒ yù, yóu yuán mù ér qiú yú yě. [Pinyin]

     But doing what you do to seek for what you desire is like climbing a tree to seek for fish.

5. to involve; to implicate; to incriminate
6. reason; cause; basis

   無緣無故／无缘无故  ―  wúyuánwúgù  ―  without reason

7. (literary) because of; due to

   緣何／缘何  ―  yuánhé  ―  why

   • 災異之變，何緣而起？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     灾异之变，何缘而起？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Zāiyì zhī biàn, hé yuán ér qǐ? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 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: 8^th century, 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.

   • 中國何以強，緣有共產黨 [MSC, trad.]
     中国何以强，缘有共产党 [MSC, simp.]

     From: File:中国何以强 缘有共产党 IMG 20141009 170747.jpg

     Zhōngguó héyǐ qiáng, yuán yǒu Gòngchǎndǎng [Pinyin]

     Why is China strong? Because of the Communist Party.

8. relying on; depending on
9. lucky chance; luck or lot by which people are brought together; predestined relationship; fate; serendipity

   《鏡花緣》 [MSC, trad.]
   《镜花缘》 [MSC, simp.]

   “Jìnghuāyuán” [Pinyin]

   Flowers in the Mirror

10. linkage; bondings

緣

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

• “緣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

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

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

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

1. fate
2. reason

緣: Hán Nôm readings: duyên

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