Question

原 はら meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness 3 172 10 27 がんだれ 象形 Pictographic Follow the springs down the cliff and you will find a nice meadow.

Accepted Answer

ゲン た, ばる, ら, わた, わら 原因(げんいん): cause; origin; source原則(げんそく): principle; general rule原油(げんゆ): crude oil原理(げんり): principle; theory; fundamental truth原点(げんてん): origin (coordinates); starting point原爆(げんばく): atomic bomb; A-bomb原稿(げんこう): manuscript; copy原作(げんさく): original work原料(げんりょう): raw materials高原(こうげん): tableland; plateau原子(げんし): atom原始(げんし): origin; primeval原型(げんけい): prototype; model; pattern; archetypal原産(げんさん): place of origin; habitat原形(げんけい): original form; base form原文(げんぶん): the text; original原っぱ(はらっぱ): open field; empty lot; plain原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)原(はら): field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness原典(げんてん): original (text)原(げん): original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw 2 厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)白: white小: little; small 厂 2 (none) meadow Sorry about this, but Heisig was stupid calling this kanji meadow, used in composite words the most common meaning is ORIGIN... To remember just think that life may have begun in pounds or springs in a land with many cliffs ... Just to answer correctly the review lessons think of meadow as the origin of a huge forest.

Kanji	原
Onyomi	ゲン
Kunyomi	はら
Nanori	た, ばる, ら, わた, わら
English	meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Examples	原因(げんいん): cause; origin; source 原則(げんそく): principle; general rule 原油(げんゆ): crude oil 原理(げんり): principle; theory; fundamental truth 原点(げんてん): origin (coordinates); starting point 原爆(げんばく): atomic bomb; A-bomb 原稿(げんこう): manuscript; copy 原作(げんさく): original work 原料(げんりょう): raw materials 高原(こうげん): tableland; plateau 原子(げんし): atom 原始(げんし): origin; primeval 原型(げんけい): prototype; model; pattern; archetypal 原産(げんさん): place of origin; habitat 原形(げんけい): original form; base form 原文(げんぶん): the text; original 原っぱ(はらっぱ): open field; empty lot; plain 原書(げんしょ): original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language) 原(はら): field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness 原典(げんてん): original (text) 原(げん): original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	172
Components	厂: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27) 白: white 小: little; small
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	厂
Radical Number	27
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	がんだれ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	meadow
Koohii Story 1	Follow the springs down the cliff and you will find a nice meadow.
Koohii Story 2	Sorry about this, but Heisig was stupid calling this kanji meadow, used in composite words the most common meaning is ORIGIN... To remember just think that life may have begun in pounds or springs in a land with many cliffs ... Just to answer correctly the review lessons think of meadow as the origin of a huge forest.

Original Origin Meadow Wilderness Principle Copy Raw Field