源 (yuán): meaning and stroke order
源 (yuán) means root, source, origin.
源
- Simplified
- 源
- Traditional
- 源 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yuán
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Stroke order of 源
源
- yuán root; source
- 13 strokes
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Meaning of 源
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yuán
- root
- source
- origin
Radical and structure
- 源
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 13 strokes · 氵 on the left, 原 on the right
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 源
- 来源 lái yuán source (of information etc); origin
- 资源 zī yuán natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
- 渊源 yuān yuán origin; source
- 消息来源 xiāo xi lái yuán web feed; news feed
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).