yuán

原

source, origin, beginning

HSK 3.0 · 6
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Words with 原

原因 yuán yīn cause; origin HSK 2
原来 yuán lái original; former HSK 2
原则 yuán zé principle; doctrine HSK 4
原料 yuán liào raw material HSK 4
原始 yuán shǐ first; original HSK 5
原理 yuán lǐ principle; theory HSK 5
原先 yuán xiān originally; original HSK 5
草原 cǎo yuán grassland; prairie HSK 5
平原 píng yuán field; plain HSK 5
原有 yuán yǒu original; former HSK 5
高原 gāo yuán plateau HSK 5
原谅 yuán liàng to excuse; to forgive HSK 6

Examples from your lessons

  • 原来是小李的女朋友,她也来给我过生日! It turned out to be Xiao Li's girlfriend — she came for my birthday too! 生日晚会

Character facts

Radical
厂 cliff; factory, workshop; build…
Parts
厂 + 泉
Structure
Surround from upper left
Unicode
U+539F

Pictophonetic: cliff