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Chinese symbol for “brink”

边缘
biān yuán
Traditional: 邊緣
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brink is 边缘 (biān yuán), defined as: edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

边 biān
border, edge, margin, side
radical 162 ⾡ · 6 strokes
缘 yuán
reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 边缘.

WordPinyinMeaning
身边 (身邊)shēn biānat one's side; on hand
一边 (一邊)yī biānone side; either side
旁边 (旁邊)páng biānside; adjacent place
边界 (邊界)biān jièboundary; border
边境 (邊境)biān jìngfrontier; border
周边 (周邊)zhōu biānperiphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral
缘故 (緣故)yuán gùreason; cause
无缘 (無緣)wú yuánto have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth)

See also: Japanese symbol for “brink”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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