| yuán | cause/reason/karma/fate/predestined affinity/margin/hem/edge/along |
| 缘 | cause reason karma |
| 缘业 | [Religion] (of Buddhism) a man's fate as conditioned by his past |
| 缘份 | also written 緣分|缘分 fate or chance that brings people together predestined affinity or relationship |
| 缘何 | why? for what reason? |
| 缘分 | fate or chance that brings people together predestined affinity or relationship (Budd.) destiny |
| 缘悭一面 | it was never my good fortune |
| 缘故 | reason cause |
| 缘木求鱼 | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible |
| 缘毛 | tricholoma; marginal seta |
| 缘由 | reason cause |
| 缘的 | limbic; marginal; limbal |
| 缘石 | stone curb |
| 缘线 | copper line; marginal line; ripa |
| 缘起 | origin |
| 缘饰 | fringe |