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 + 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.

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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.

     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?

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   • 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.

     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

     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”

   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, 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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