原 – meadow, original, primitive

10 strokesTaught in grade 2#172 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 原 means meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲン (gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はら (hara). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 厂 (no. 27).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	はら	hara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 厂 (Kangxi radical 27). Components: 小・白・厂.

Words using 原

原因げんいんcause原はらfield原稿げんこうmanuscript原産げんさんplace of origin原始げんしorigin原理げんりprinciple原料げんりょうraw materials原則げんそくprinciple原点げんてんstarting point原爆げんばくatomic bomb原文げんぶんoriginal text原油げんゆcrude oil高原こうげんtableland原形げんけいoriginal form原型げんけいmodel原作げんさくoriginal work原子げんしatom原書げんしょoriginal document (not a copy or adaptation)原っぱはらっぱopen field原典げんてんoriginal (text)

Example sentences

それで事故の原因が分かった。

That accounts for the accident.

Tatoeba #205727

私達がよく野球をして遊んだ原は今すっかり家が建て込んでしまった。

The field where we used to play ball is now all built up.

Tatoeba #152060

この原稿は書き直したほうがいいな。

I'd better rewrite this paper.

Tatoeba #222074

Kanji with the same radical

厳厚厄

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