Yuan, pronounced as yuān, has the initial consonant y, the final yuan, and a single tone.

Yuan, first seen in the oracle bone inscription era of the Shang Dynasty, is a knowing character. The oracle bone inscription "Yuan" looks like a large pond, with three curved lines representing water. After the bronze inscription, add the word "water" next to it.

The word "Yuan" is explained in "Shuowen Jiezi" as "back to water. From water, pictographic. Left and right, shore. The middle resembles water. Yuan or provincial water. Huan, The ancient text comes from Huishui. The basic meaning of "Yuan" is deep water, pool, such as abyss, abyss and fish; the extended meaning is deep, such as profound and source.

Explanation of the word combination of Yuan

1. Yuanyuan [yuān yuán]

Water source. A metaphor for the origin of things: history~.

2. Yuān bó ]

(Knowledge) deep and wide: knowledge ~. ~ scholar.

3. Abyss [shēn yuān]

A very deep pool. Metaphor for a dangerous or difficult situation: ten thousand feet ~. Suffering~.

4. Tianyuan [tiān yuān]

The metaphor of heaven and abyss is very different: ~different | phase away~.

5. Yuan Sheng [yuān shèng]

Profound and broad, with extraordinary intelligence.