缘

yuán

hem, margin; reason, cause; fate

How to write 缘, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 纟 (thread), phonetic 彖

Made of 纟 + 彖

边缘biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
缘故yuán gùreason; cause
缘分yuán fènfate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
有缘yǒu yuánrelated; brought together by fate
缘由yuán yóureason; cause
无缘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
血缘xuè yuánbloodline
姻缘yīn yuána marriage predestined by fate
血缘关系xuè yuán guān xìblood relationship; consanguinity
无缘无故wú yuán wú gù(idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for
人缘rén yuánrelations with other people
化缘huà yuán(of a monk) to beg

你知道为什么吗？是猫的缘故。
nǐ zhī dào wèi shén me ma ？ shì māo de yuán gù 。
And you know why? Because of cats.
有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。
yǒu yuán qiān lǐ lái xiāng huì ， wú yuán duì miàn bù xiāng féng 。
Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
看缘分吧。
kàn yuán fèn ba 。
Let's see what fate has prescribed.