缘
yuán HSK6

hem

缘 (緣) yuán
along preposition
to follow or move along a edge, path, or line

他缘着陡峭的石阶，慢慢登上了山顶。

tā yuán zhe dǒu​qiào de shí​jiē, màn​màn dēng​shàng le shān​dǐng.

He slowly climbed to the top of the mountain along the steep stone steps.

cause idiom
a reason, cause, or motive for an action or situation

他无缘无故地迟到了。

tā wú yuán wú​gù de chí​dào le.

He was late for no reason at all.

edge noun
the margin, hem, or outer border of an object

这个圆盘的缘儿上刻着一圈精美的花纹。

zhè​gè yuán​pán de yuán r shàng kè zhe yī quān jīng​měi de huā​wén.

An exquisite pattern is carved around the edge of this disc.

fate noun
predestined affinity, karma, or relationship between people

我们能在这里相遇，真是太有缘了。

wǒ​men néng zài zhè​lǐ xiāng​yù, zhēn shì tài yǒu yuán le.

It is really fate that we were able to meet here.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,274th most common 99.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,641st most common 35.2 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.31 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
31.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Traditional
緣
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7F18

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)