(yuán) - original, source in Mandarin
yuánTraditional: 原
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Translation
original, source
Word origin
An ideographic character showing a spring (泉) issuing from the foot of a cliff (厂). The spring is a watercourse's source, hence original or source.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 厂 (cliff) + 泉 (spring)
Stroke order
原
Examples
？
What's the reason he was late?
！
So you're here too!
。
Please forgive my mistake.
。
Please keep it in its original state.
。
The original plan has already been changed.
原 (yuán) means original or source. It anchors 原因 (cause), 原来 (originally, or 'so it turns out'), and 原谅 (to forgive, literally to allow the original).
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 原.
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