How to Write 肙 (yuàn) — Meaning “small / to move”

Imagine a tiny worm (the right part) crawling on a piece of meat (the left radical 月). This image of a small, moving creature directly matches the character's meanings of "small" and "to move."

Write the left radical 月 first with 4 strokes (slanted left vertical, then top horizontal, inner horizontal, bottom horizontal). Then write the right part: a horizontal line, left vertical, bottom horizontal, and a dot in the center. Make sure the dot is clearly inside the box and not touching the edges.

The key difference is the right side: 肙 has a small dot inside a square-like enclosure, 有 has the component 又 (hand) on the right, and 朊 has 元 (yuan) on the right. Also, 有 is very common and means "to have," while 肙 is rare and means "small" or "to move."

肙 is not in the HSK list and appears rarely, mainly in classical texts or biological descriptions of tiny insects and larvae. You might see it in words like 肙肙 (appearance of a small insect) or 肙然 (wriggling), but it is not used in everyday conversation.

Common words containing 肙 include: 肙肙 (yuàn yuàn) — The appearance of a small insect or larva.; 肙口 (yuàn kǒu) — small opening / orifice; 肙然 (yuàn rán) — moving / wriggling.