原

yuán

original; former; primary; raw; unprocessed; source; origin; to excuse; to pardon; level open ground; plain

Radical: 厂 HSK 6 b, d pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

原 decomposes into the following components:

厂 泉

Semantic component: 厂; phonetic component: 泉.

Words containing 原

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 原.

三原
sān yuán
Sanyuan county in Xiányáng 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西
中原
zhōng yuán
the central plains of China
九原
jiǔ yuán
五原
wǔ yuán
Wuyuan county in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia
冰原
bīng yuán
冻原
dòng yuán
原义
yuán yì
original meaning
原产
yuán chǎn
original production
原人
yuán rén
prehistoric man
原件
yuán jiàn
the original
原价
yuán jià
原位
yuán wèi
original position

Related characters (radical 厂)

Characters that share the radical 厂.

厂 厃 厄 厅 历 厉 压 厌 厍 厓 厕 厗 厘 厚 厝 厢 厣 厤 厥 厦 厨 厩 厪 厭

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