冤 (yuān): injustice, grievance, wrong
冤 (yuān) is a Chinese character meaning “injustice.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冖 (structural) and 兔 (structural). It ranks #2322 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- injustice
- grievance
- wrong
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冤枉 | yuān wang | to accuse wrongly |
| 冤家 | yuān jia | enemy |
| 冤案 | yuān àn | miscarriage of justice |
| 冤魂 | yuān hún | ghost of one who died unjustly |
| 冤大头 | yuān dà tóu | spendthrift and foolish |
| 冤屈 | yuān qū | to treat unjustly |
| 含冤 | hán yuān | wronged |
| 冤家对头 | yuān jiā duì tóu | enemy (idiom) |
| 不白之冤 | bù bái zhī yuān | unrighted wrong |
| 蒙冤 | méng yuān | to be wronged |
| 冤情 | yuān qíng | facts of an injustice |
| 喊冤 | hǎn yuān | to cry out a grievance |
| 冤狱 | yuān yù | unjust charge or verdict |
| 洗冤 | xǐ yuān | to right a wrong |
| 申冤 | shēn yuān | to appeal for justice |
冤 appears in 43 compound words: 63 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 冤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
冤字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
yuān zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "冤" has different usages in different contexts.
...圾话领第16次T!吞禁赛1场 湖人教头喊冤:我们会申诉
. . . jī huà lǐng dì 1 6 cì T ! tūn jīn sài 1 chǎng hú rén jiào tóu hǎn yuān : wǒ men huì shēn sù
...Jia Hua was handed a one-game suspension for his 16th technical foul! Lakers coach protests the decision: "We will appeal."
晚安小鸡满脸胡子遭酸装可怜 喊冤揭原因
wǎn ān xiǎo jī mǎn liǎn hú zǐ zāo suān zhuāng kě lián hǎn yuān jiē yuán yīn
Good Night, Little Chicken: Mocked for His Full Face of Beard, He Plays the Victim and Pleads Innocence, Revealing the Reason
“不是故意”也没用? 骑士喊冤提告!方向灯坏了照样罚
bù shì gù yì yě méi yòng ? qí shì hǎn yuān tí gào ! fāng xiàng dēng huài le zhào yàng fá
"Not intentionally" is useless? The knight shouted injustice and sued! If the turn signal is broken, it will still be punished
...过失迳行离去 挨罚吊照终身不得考照提告喊冤
. . . guò shī 迳 háng lí qù āi fá diào zhào zhōng shēn bù dé kǎo zhào tí gào hǎn yuān
... Negligence and leaving, punishment, suspension of license, prohibition of examination for life, and complaint for grievances
Character Family
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