Memory phrase for the character: 原

原

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Meaning

origin, field, a plain

Pronunciation

 GEN
hara

Explanation

 Top: cliff 厂, below: variation of spring 泉 (white 白 and small 小 instead of water 水)

Mnemonic
 
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.

Radicals

厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
泉 springThe white 白 water 水 stands for a well.
白 whiteIn strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays 丶 of the sun 日 make it: white.
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 Vocabulary

原 はら  field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
原型 げんけい  prototype, model, pattern, archetypal
原則 げんそく  principle, general rule
原発 げんぱつ  nuclear power plant
原子 げんし  atom
原形 げんけい  original form, base form
原文 げんぶん  the text, original
原理 げんり  principle, theory, fundamental truth
原因 げんいん  cause, origin, source

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