Keyword
former
- source
- origin
- beginning
- Frequency
- #228
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
yuán100%
Mnemonic
厂 (cliff) gives the meaning and 泉 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
原因
cause; origin; root cause; reason
原
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
原来
original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
原则
principle; doctrine
原本
originally; the original; original copy; original version
原始
first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
原理
principle; theory
原料
raw material
原创
to create (an original work); (of a work) original; original creation; original work
原有
original; former
原谅
to excuse; to forgive; to pardon
平原
field; plain
原先
originally; original; former
中原
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
草原
grassland; prairie
原住民
indigenous peoples; aborigine
原文
original text
还原
to restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event); reduction (chemistry)
原子
atom; atomic
原油
crude oil
高原
plateau
原型
model; prototype; archetype
原告
complainant; plaintiff
原地
(in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)