沅

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 源

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yuán
Cantonese: jyun4
JapaneseKun: MINAMOTO
JapaneseOn: GEN
Korean: WEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: name of a river in western Hunan that flows into Dongting lake

CE-Dict: Yuan river in Guizhou and Hunan

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.name of a river flowing through Hunan Province

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》沅水。出牂牁故且蘭，東北入江。从水元聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】沅
【唐韻】【集韻】𠀤愚袁切，音元。水名。【說文】水出牂牁故且蘭，東北入江。【山海經】沅水出象郡鐔城西。【註】象郡，今日南也。【尚書·日記】楚中九江，五曰沅江，出沅州西蠻界。【水經】沅水出牂牁且蘭縣，爲旁溝水，又東至鐔城縣爲沅。【楚辭·九歌】沅有芷兮澧有蘭。　又州縣名。【廣輿記】屬湖廣辰州府，漢武陵地，唐沅州。又有沅陵縣。又常德府有沅江縣。又雲南有鎭沅府。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤五遠切，音阮。義同。

CF-Dict: (nom d'une rivière dans le Guizhou et Hunan)