CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- yuan2
- English meanings
- originally, formerly
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Enclosed from the upper left structure
Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 厂; inside 泉.
Meaning & sound clues
厂 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cliff”.
泉 is identified as the sound component (quán). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 原.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
measure word (units)
wrong
measure word (general)
member; staff
surname Yuan
round
garden; park
to blame
may
aid; help
abyss; profound
source
cause; fate; edge
cause; affinity; edge
far
yard
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 原先
- 原则
- 原创
- 原告
- 原因
- 原地
- 原型
- 原始
- 原料
- 原有
- 原本
- 原材料
- 原来
- 原汁原味
- 原理
- 原装
- 原谅
- 复原
- 平原
- 草原
- 还原
- 高原