Chinese symbol for “genesis”
缘起
yuán qǐ
Traditional: 緣起
to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor
The closest CC-CEDICT match for genesis is 缘起 (yuán qǐ), defined as: to originate; origin; genesis; account of the origins of an endeavor.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缘起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 边缘 (邊緣) | biān yuán | edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline |
| 缘故 (緣故) | yuán gù | reason; cause |
| 无缘 (無緣) | wú yuán | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth) |
| 血缘 (血緣) | xuè yuán | bloodline |
| 地缘 (地緣) | dì yuán | geographic situation; geo-(politics etc) |
| 绝缘 (絕緣) | jué yuán | to have no contact with; to be cut off from |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “genesis”.
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.