源
root; source; origin
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #356 U+6E90
How 源 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 原 (phonetic, yuán)
How to remember it
source · Heisig RSH #150
水 water + 原 flatlands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 原
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 原 (yuán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原 sound component | yuán | source, origin, beginning |
| 愿 | yuàn | desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing |
| 螈 | yuán | silkworm |
| 塬 | yuán | plateau |
Words containing 源
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行动电源 | xíng dòng diàn yuán | (Tw) power bank |
| 中子源 | zhōng zǐ yuán | neutron source |
| 有源区 | yǒu yuán qū | (computer chip manufacture) active area |
| 安源区 | Ān yuán Qū | Anyuan, a district of Pingxiang City 萍鄉市|萍乡市[Ping2 xiang1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 门源回族自治县 | Mén yuán Huí zú Zì zhì xiàn | Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Z… |
| 发源地 | fā yuán dì | place of origin; birthplace; source |
| 门源县 | Mén yuán Xiàn | see 門源回族自治縣|门源回族自治县[Men2 yuan2 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 新源县 | Xīn yuán Xiàn | Xinyuan, a county in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke… |
| 源城区 | Yuán chéng Qū | Yuancheng, a district of Heyuan City 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 罗源县 | Luó yuán Xiàn | Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 东源县 | Dōng yuán Xiàn | Dongyuan, a county in Heyuan City 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 河源市 | Hé yuán Shì | Heyuan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 江源区 | Jiāng yuán Qū | Jiangyuan, a district of Baishan City 白山市[Bai2 shan1 Shi4], Jilin |
| 电源线 | diàn yuán xiàn | power cable (of an appliance etc) |
| 三江源 | Sān jiāng yuán | Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwa… |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source; water supply; headwaters of a river |
| 源头 | yuán tóu | source; origin; fountainhead |
| 名源动词 | míng yuán dòng cí | denominal verb |
| 生源 | shēng yuán | supply of students; source of students |
| 开源节流 | kāi yuán jié liú | lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spe… |