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yuán
Meaning: name of an empress
💡 嫄 looks like a noble woman (女) beside a spring (原), suggesting an origin of royalty.
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嫄 (yuán) meaning in English —

嫄 (yuán) is a rare character used exclusively as a name element in classical Chinese texts. Most famously, it appears in the Book of Songs (Shijing) as part of the name 姜嫄 (Jiāngyuán), the mother of Houji, the legendary ancestor of the Zhou dynasty. The character conveys a sense of ancient, noble femininity rooted in Chinese origin myths.

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