缘 yuán reason
reason; cause; fate; margin
How to remember 缘: 纟 thread + 彖 hog = reason. The farmer sees one thread of his garden net torn open and a hog asleep in his cabbages, and now he knows the reason for the mess.
Component breakdown
缘 = 纟 thread + 彖 hog
- 纟 thread
- 彖 hog
The farmer sees one thread of his garden net torn open and a hog asleep in his cabbages, and now he knows the reason for the mess.
How it is used
- Fate/affinity between people, cause, and edge - 缘分 (yuánfèn) predestined affinity, 缘故 (yuángù) reason/cause, 血缘 (xuèyuán) blood relation, 边缘 (biānyuán) the edge/margin.
- 有缘 (yǒuyuán) means fated to meet; 无缘无故 (wúyuán-wúgù) means for no reason at all; 缘木求鱼 (yuánmù-qiúyú), climbing a tree to catch fish, means using the wrong method.