原 (yuán)
original; primary; raw; pardon
How 原 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- Traditional
- 原
- Simplified
- 原 (unchanged)
Common words using 原
- 原來 yuánlái
- original; former; originally
- 原因 yuányīn
- cause; origin; root cause
- 原文 yuánwén
- original text
- 原諒 yuánliàng
- to excuse; to forgive; to pardon
- 中原 zhōngyuán
- the central plains of China; the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei; a plain
- 原先 yuánxiān
- former; original
- 原則 yuánzé
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 原創 yuánchuàng
- originality; creativity; innovation
- 原地 yuándì
- former place; indigenous; local
- 原型 yuánxíng
- original shape; mold; original form
- 原始 yuánshǐ
- first; original; primitive
- 原料 yuánliào
- raw material; CL:個|个[ge4]
原 in a sentence
原來你在這裡！
Yuánlái nǐ zài zhèlǐ!
“So you are here!”
How common is 原?
原 is the 193rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 55% of all running text.
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