DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

願

简愿 · 繁願

Mandarin · pinyin yuàn

(bound form) wish; hope; desire
to be willing
to wish (that sth may happen); may ...
vow; pledge

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

願: Look up this written character
愿: yuàn · sincere, honest, virtuous

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4 · yuan4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

1character link18same-tone records

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

願 · find source passages ↗ · 愿 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Rime · Wiktionary

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyun6

Cantonese word readings for 願. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

to desire; to want: to wish
desire; wish; ambition
(religion, Buddhism) vow
to be willing; to be ready; to do willingly
(Hakka) addiction

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack