Chinese symbol for “marginal”
边缘
biān yuán
Traditional: 邊緣
edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
The closest CC-CEDICT match for marginal is 边缘 (biān yuán), defined as: edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “marginal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 边缘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 身边 (身邊) | shēn biān | at one's side; on hand |
| 一边 (一邊) | yī biān | one side; either side |
| 旁边 (旁邊) | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 边界 (邊界) | biān jiè | boundary; border |
| 边境 (邊境) | biān jìng | frontier; border |
| 周边 (周邊) | zhōu biān | periphery; rim; perimeter; surroundings; (computing) (attributive) peripheral |
| 缘故 (緣故) | yuán gù | reason; cause |
| 无缘 (無緣) | wú yuán | to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “marginal”.
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.