原
原 — won
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 언덕 원
- Romanization
- won
- English
- source, origin, beginning
- Mandarin
- yuán
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゲン, ガン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- はら
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #172 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 (27, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+539F
How 原 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 原 as a ideographic compound involving 泉, 厂.
Korean example words with 原
- 원보原洑 Korean gloss: 원래의 보
- 원의原義 Korean gloss: 본디의 뜻
- 원형原形 Korean gloss: 본디의 꼴
- 원근原根 Korean gloss: 본디의 근본
- 원리原理 Korean gloss: 행위의 규범
- 원성原性 Korean gloss: 본디의 성질
- 평원平原 Korean gloss: 평평한 들판
- 원정原情 Korean gloss: 사정을 하소연함
- 원명原名 Korean gloss: 고치기 전의 이름
- 초원草原 Korean gloss: 풀이 나 있는 들판
- 원어原魚 Korean gloss: 가공하지 않은 물고기
- 원질原質 Korean gloss: 본디의 성질이나 바탕
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 原
- 原因げんいん cause; origin; source
- 原則げんそく principle; general rule; as a rule
- 原子力げんしりょく atomic energy; nuclear power
- 原告げんこく plaintiff; accuser; prosecutor
- 原油げんゆ crude oil
- 原発げんぱつ nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
- 原理げんり principle; theory; fundamental truth
- 原点げんてん starting point; origin; beginning
- 原爆げんばく atomic bomb; A-bomb
- 原稿げんこう manuscript; copy; draft
- 原作げんさく original work
- 原案げんあん original plan; original bill; original motion
Characters sharing the phonetic 原
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “원” in Korean.
Other hanja read “원”
Other hanja with radical 厂
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences