原 (yuán): meaning and stroke order
原 (yuán) means former, original, primary, raw, level, cause, source, surname Yuan.
原
- Simplified
- 原
- Traditional
- 原 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yuán
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Stroke order of 原
原
- Yuán surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
- yuán former; original
- 10 strokes
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Meaning of 原
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yuán
- former
- original
- primary
- raw
- level
- cause
- source
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Yuán
- surname Yuan
- (Japanese surname) Hara
Radical and structure
- 原
- Radical 厂 (Kangxi radical 27) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 原
- 原来 yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first
- 高原 gāo yuán plateau; CL:片[pian4]
- 原形 yuán xíng original shape; true appearance (under the disguise)
- 原因 yuán yīn cause; origin
- 原样 yuán yàng original shape; the same as before
- 原则 yuán zé principle; doctrine
- 屈原 Qū Yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
- 原材料 yuán cái liào raw and semifinished materials
- 原本 yuán běn originally; original
- 原谅 yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).