姻缘
yīn​yuán

predestined marriage

姻 yīn marriage connection

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 因 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
因
因 Sound component
yīn cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqin

說文解字

《說文》：“姻，壻家也，女之所因，故曰姻。从女，从因，因亦聲。婣，籀文姻从。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

缘 yuán hem Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

彖
彖 Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

橼

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

緣 yuán hem Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

彖
彖 Sound component
tuàn, shǐ a hog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫞

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywenlongo along, follow
Zhengzhanglon
lons
Unicodeiuɛn

說文解字

衣純也。从糸彖聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)