yuán

original; former; source

HSK 4 #193

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 193rd character
Radical ⼚ (27.8)
Strokes 10
Index # 1868

Definitions

原 yuán
  1. 1. original
  2. 2. former
  3. 3. source
  4. 4. raw
  5. 5. primary
  6. 6. cause
  7. 7. level
  8. 8. Hara (Japanese surname)

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Words containing 原

Word Meaning
Songyuan city in Jilin, northeast China
plasmodium (malaria parasite)
glycogen
reducing agent
Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, Henan
prehistoric man; primitive man
primitive society
Yuanping county level city in Xinzhou xīn zhōu, Shanxi
variant of yuán gù
original meaning
Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi
neuron; also written shén jīng yuán
One-China principle on Taiwan and China
One-China principle; Taiwan as part of China
general principle
general principle
the Three Principles (in many contexts)
the Three Principles (in many contexts)
Sanyuan County in Xianyang xián yáng, Shaanxi
Sanyuan County in Xianyang xián yáng, Shaanxi
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang hēi lóng jiāng or Amur, Songhua sōng huā jiāng, Ussuri wū sū lǐ jiāng
(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
Central Asian grasslands