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思源

Si Yuan
sī yuán
deep thought and reflection
深思,睿智沉静
88.7Name score
水Elements
2Characters
Theme: wisdom
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What each character carries 逐字小传

Not a dictionary entry: what the character has meant in Chinese names, with the original line it comes from. Every quotation below is matched character-for-character against a versioned corpus shipped with this site. Where a page names a character's origin, that line is our own paraphrase of the standard dictionaries — it is not a quotation, and it carries no book title for that reason.

思sī · B
tier B

思考;思念。

To think — and to keep someone in mind.

1 处原典 · 1 部典籍 · 全部可核

学与思 Neither alone

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。

Learning without thinking leaves you bewildered; thinking without learning leaves you in danger.

论语 · 为政篇 · our translation
Confucius ties them: one without the other fails. A name takes the pairing, not just the verb. 孔子把学和思绑在一起:只学不想会糊涂,只想不学会危险。名字用「思」,取的是这个「不能停」。
思之深思思之思远思齐
In a name

It only works paired with learning.

「思」要和「学」绑在一起才成立。

引文校验:1/1 条在语料库中逐字命中(论语 · 孟子 · 大学 · 中庸 · 诗经 · 楚辞 · 全唐诗)。 没有可靠原典的字,我们宁可写「没有」。

Character by character 逐字拆开看

A Chinese name is not two decorative symbols. For every character: what it means, which of the five elements it belongs to, how many strokes it takes to write, and how often it actually appears in 1,142,000 real Chinese names.

源 yuán
Element 水 · 13 strokes · leans masculine
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Sourceno sourced citation yet — we would rather say so than invent one
Real namesappears in 2932 of 1,142,000 (739 of them as a first/middle character)

How it sounds 怎么念

Mandarin is tonal: the same letters said on a different pitch are a different word. The line below is the pitch you actually travel while saying the name.

sīT1 · yuánT2
sīyuán
Tonessī high and flat, yuán rising
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  • Every syllable has a close English equivalent — nothing here is hard to say.

Is it a real name? 有多真

We checked it against a corpus of 1,142,000 real Chinese names — this is not a combination invented for the page.

The pair 「源」 appears in 336 real names
The corpus describes how many people are actually called this. It is never used to judge whether a name is good.

Free preview score 免费估分

A lightweight model scores the name on five dimensions — without your birth chart. The full version re-scores it against your chart, explains every deduction, and shows every candidate it considered.

Meaning & imagery30.0/30
Sound22.9/25
Naturalness16.2/20
Name + surname11.0/15
Writing8.6/10
  • Writing/recognition scored below full marks.

FAQ 常见问题

How do I say 思源?
sī yuán. Tones: sī high and flat, yuán rising.
What does it mean?
思 — deep thought and reflection; 源 —
Is it a real, usable name?
The pair "源" appears in 336 of 1,142,000 real Chinese names.
Read together

to think · A source or origin — taken as one scene rather than three separate definitions.

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