Memory phrase for the Kanji: 原


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Meaning

origin, field, a plain

Pronunciation

GEN
hara

Explanation

Top: cliff , below: variation of spring (white and small instead of water )

Mnemonic

Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.

Radicals

cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
springThe white water stands for a well.
whiteThe sun and a sun beam makes everything appear white.
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Vocabulary

 原発  げんぱつ  nuclear power plant
 原  はら  field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
 原則  げんそく  principle, general rule
 原型  げんけい  prototype, model, pattern, archetypal
 原子  げんし  atom
 原理  げんり  principle, theory, fundamental truth
 原形  げんけい  original form, base form
 原文  げんぶん  the text, original
 高原  こうげん  tableland/plateau

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