Radical
Strokes
14
Residual strokes
10
Mandarin
yuàn
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
10 strokes
Strokes
14 strokes
Mandarin
yuàn

Definitions by reading

ngiêng3 nguêng6
Mandarin equivalent yuàn
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng ngiênd3 Chaoyang ngiang3 Chenghai ngiêng3 Jieyang ngiang3 Raoping ngiang3 Shantou ngiang3
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng nguand6 Chaoyang nguang6 Chenghai nguang6 Jieyang nguang6 Raoping nguang6 Shantou nguang6
1.nguêng6、nguang6(对应普通话yuàn)
①乐意:甘心情~|自觉自~。
②希望:生平之~|如~以偿。
③迷信的人对神佛许下的酬谢:许~|还~。
④恭谨。

2.ngiêng3、ngiang3
<潮>喜好、意愿、欲望。泛指浓厚的兴趣。
【无愿】无聊,没意思。
【少礼愿少礼愿】谓想要又害羞的心理。
【愿死】谓有强烈的欲望。感叹句式中义多反用:“人愿死啊(人家才不要呢)!”
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English meaning

sincere, honest, virtuous

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
疑母 三等 合口 元韵 去声 魚怨切
Reconstruction:
Original

敬也,善也,謹也。

2
疑母 三等 合口 元韵 去声 魚怨切
Reconstruction:
Original

欲也,念也,思也。說文云:大頭也。魚怨切,四。