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Kanji Detail for 原 - "origin, plain, source"

原

  • Meaning

    原 means "origin, plain, source."

    1. Plain - A wide, flat land.

    2. To investigate - To trace back to origins.

    3. Origin - Beginning; source; root.

    4. To pardon - To not hold guilt.

    5. Careful - Sincere; honest; straightforward.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    source, origin, beginning

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    source, origin, beginning

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Broad and flat land is called 原. Meaning level ground. Such as 平原 (plain), 高原 (plateau), 低原 (lowland). The central region of the country is also called 中原. | 九原: The burial ground for Jin's ministers and grand masters. Also written as 九京. See (Book of Rites, Tan Gong). Often used when referring to the dead. Such as 九原可作 (if the dead could rise), 九原知感 (the dead would be grateful). | Origin; root. 大原 means great foundation. Colloquially, a former official is called 原任官, meaning the original incumbent. Originally written as 元. At the beginning of Ming, because it was confused with 元 of the Yuan dynasty, it was changed to 原. | To trace origins. To investigate the reason why. Such as 原始要終 (tracing from beginning to end). | Pardoning crimes is called 原, meaning investigating the circumstances to find excusable reasons. Today's 原諒 (forgive), 鑒原 (kindly pardon) have the same meaning.
  • Onyomitip

    gen(げん) げん

  • Kunyomitip

    hara(はら) はら

    moto(もと) もと

    tazu.neru(たずねる) たずねる

    yuru.su(ゆるす) ゆるす

  • Strokestip

    10 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    厂 (gandare)

  • Related Keywords
    origin original source root cause beginning plain field meadow prairie grassland plateau fundamental primary basic primitive elementary pardon forgive sincere

Sentences including 原

  • Money set them against each other.

  • What do you think of the original plan?

  • The accident was due to his carelessness.

  • I have been writing this manuscript for a year.

  • The movie is not so interesting as the original.

  • I agree to the proposal in principle.

  • What's the cause?

  • The police are looking into the cause of the accident.

  • Their mother let them play in the field.

  • You must go to harajuku.

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