源
源 — won
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 근원 원
- Romanization
- won
- English
- spring; source, head; surname
- Mandarin
- yuán
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゲン, ガン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- みなもと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #738 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 13
- Variant forms
- 厵
- Radical
- 水 (85, 10 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 原(원)
- Unicode
- U+6E90
Parts that make up 源
How 源 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 源 as a ideographic compound involving 水, 原.
Korean example words with 源
- 연원淵源 Korean gloss: 사물의 근원
- 원천源泉 Korean gloss: 사물의 근원
- 폐원弊源 Korean gloss: 폐해의 근원
- 수원水源 Korean gloss: 물이 흘러나오는 근원
- 재원財源 Korean gloss: 재화나 자금이 나올 원천
- 원류源流 Korean gloss: 사물이나 현상의 본래 바탕
- 근원根源 Korean gloss: 사물이 비롯되는 근본이나 원인
- 부원富源 Korean gloss: 경제적 부를 생산할 수 있는 근원이나 천연자원
- 진원震源 Korean gloss: 사건이나 소동 따위를 일으킨 근원을 비유적으로 이르는 말
- 발원發源 Korean gloss: 어떤 사회 현상이나 사상 따위가 맨 처음 생기거나 일어난 곳
- 자원資源 Korean gloss: 인간 생활 및 경제 생산에 이용되는 노동력이나 기술 따위를 통틀어 이르는 말
- 도원桃源 Korean gloss: 도연명의 <도화원기>에 나오는 말로, 이상향, 별천지를 비유적으로 이르는 말. 중국 진(晉)나라 때 호남(湖南) 무릉의 한 어
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 源
- 資源しげん resources
- 財源ざいげん source of funds; resources; finances
- 源みなもと source (of a river); fountainhead; source
- 震源しんげん hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
- 電源でんげん source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
- 根源こんげん root; source; origin
- 源泉げんせん source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin
- 源氏げんじ Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
- 資源エネルギー庁しげんエネルギーちょう Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
- 起源きげん origin; beginning; source
- 水源すいげん source of river; fountainhead
- 源流げんりゅう source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
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 水
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