Unicode: U+613F

Pinyin: yuàn

Definition

* 乐意,想要。 宁~。~意。情~。自~。 * 希望。 ~望。志~。但~。夙~(亦作"宿愿")。如~以偿。事与~违。 * 迷信的人对神佛许下的酬谢,泛指许给别人的好处。 许~。还~。 * 老实谨慎,恭谨

sincere, honest, virtuous

Structure

愿 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC