What 愿 means
It marks a wish, hope, or willingness. Read the whole word: 愿意 describes readiness to act; 许愿 means making a wish. Neither says that a hoped-for event came true.
Older Chinese also used 愿 independently for “cautious” or “sincere.” The People's Republic of China's 1956 simplification scheme listed 愿（願）as a simplified form of 願; it formalized this written relationship rather than inventing 愿.
Everyday vocabulary in Simplified Chinese.
Bare 愿 in a classical passage can mean “cautious” or “sincere,” not a wish.
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Who writes 愿
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 愿 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 愿
- Search it as
- yuan · yuàn · 愿意 · 愿望 · 许愿 · 自愿
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
愿\613FCodes and encoding1 code points
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