願
yuan4Mathews: 7729GSR: 258f
Dictionary Definition
(a, the) hope, aspiration, wish, desire, longing, vow, pledge, promise, dream; (to) long (for), think (of, about), be willing, hope, expect, aspire, wish, desire (s, ed, ing) (for, to); (to be) ready, willing, hopeful, desirous, aspiring
Radical: 181+10 | First occurrence: Hexagram 10.1x
Concordance & Context (6 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 10.1x
Xiao Xiang 1★
(with, in) hope, aspiration, promise (s)
素履之往，獨行願也。
10.1x Simple treading’s progress:
All alone, (but) going forward (with) hope
Stats: 181+10→ 11.4x
Xiao Xiang 4
(is) (the) hope, aspiration, promise
翩翩不復，皆失實也。不戒以孚，中心願也。
11.4x Fluttering (and) fussing, not much enrichment:
Completely neglecting the substance
* Not guarding the way to truth:
Within the heart (is) the hope
→ 11.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
(t he) hope, aspiration, promise
以祉元吉，中以行願也。
11.5x (Showing) the way to happiness (and) supreme good fortune:
In the center (is) the way to bring about the promise
→ 53.5x
Xiao Xiang 5
hope, promise, dream; (the) pledge, vow (s)
終莫之勝，得所願也。
53.5x In the end, nothing overcomes her good fortune:
Securing a home for hope
→ 59.2x
Xiao Xiang 2
(a, the) hope, wish, promise, desire (s, -d for)
渙奔其機，得願也。
59.2x Scattering, (then) hurrying to one’s support:
To secure the hopes
→ 61.2x
Xiao Xiang 2
hope, longing, aspiration, desire, promise (s)
其子和之，中心願也。
61.2x Her young ones respond to her:
(From) within the heart’s hope
→ 10.1x
Homophones (yuan)
淵yuan1(the, this) deep, depth, abyss, chasm元yuan2(to be) (the) (most) supreme, sublime, first, first-rate, first class, preeminent, superlative, excellent, outstanding, ultimate, superior, unique, leading, finest, best, greatest, prime, primary, priority, principle; principal, chief, top, head, leader, lead, eldest, basic, fundamental, original, essential; (a, the) beginning, source, cause, basis, commencement, origin; most, supremely, extremely; -est; (the meaning was later watered down, and so this is incorrectly glossed in the Wings and elsewhere as Da4, 5943, great, grand, big, etc. Yuan in the Zhouyi is a superlative, not a superior comparative: most instead of more; best instead of better)原yuan2(if, for) (a, an, the) early, first, original, natural園yuan2(and) (in) gardens, parks, orchards遠yuan3(to be) distant, remote, alien, afar, long, beyond, removed, (so) far (away, reaching, removed) (from); (to) depart, leave, go away, keep away, keep at a distance, keep far from, send away, extend, distance (oneself), remove, deviate far (s, ed, ing); (a, the) distant, far (away), remote; reach, extent, remoteness, distance, detachment; (long in space or time)掾yuan4an officer, a substitute; to wield. Perhaps u.f. yuan
Previous遠 yuan3
Nextyuan4 掾
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