緣

yuán

hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

How to write 緣, stroke by stroke

cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along

Pictophonetic: semantic 糹 (thread), phonetic 彖

Made of 糹 + 彖

邊緣biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
緣故yuán gùreason; cause
緣分yuán fènfate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
有緣yǒu yuánrelated; brought together by fate
緣由yuán yóureason; cause
無緣wú yuánto have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
血緣xuè yuánbloodline
姻緣yīn yuána marriage predestined by fate
血緣關係xuè yuán guān xìblood relationship; consanguinity
無緣無故wú yuán wú gù(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
人緣rén yuánrelations with other people
化緣huà yuán(of a monk) to beg

因為我這份工作的緣故，我總是要打領帶。
yīn wéi wǒ zhè fèn gōng zuò de yuán gù ， wǒ zǒng shì yào dǎ lǐng dài 。
I always have to wear a tie because of my job.
倫敦過去因為經濟和文化的緣故，十分重要。
lún dūn guò qù yīn wéi jīng jì hé wén huà de yuán gù ， shí fēn zhòng yào 。
London was very important for economical and cultural reasons.
西洋常春藤是攀緣藤本植物。
xī yáng cháng chūn téng shì pān yuán téng běn zhí wù 。
English ivy is a climbing vine.