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源
yuán
1. root
2. source
3. origin
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

源
yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

源起
yuánqǐ
to originate
万源
Wànyuán
Wanyuan county level city in Dazhou [[達州|达州<Dázhōu>]], Sichuan
湟源
Huángyuán
Huangyuan county in Xining [[西寧|西宁<Xīníng>]], Qinghai
源自
yuánzì
to originate from
病源
bìngyuán
cause of disease
能源
néngyuán
energy
HSK 5
渊源
yuānyuán
origin
浑源
Húnyuán
Hunyuan county in Datong [[大同<Dàtóng>]], Shanxi
源于
yuányú
has its origins in
源码
yuánmǎ
source code (computing)
溯源
sùyuán
to investigate the origin of sth
生源
shēngyuán
supply of students
肇源
Zhàoyuán
Zhaoyuan county in Daqing [[大慶|大庆<Dàqìng>]], Heilongjiang
光源
guāngyuán
light source
河源
Héyuán
Heyuan prefecture level city in Guangdong
泾源
Jīngyuán
Jingyuan county in Guyuan [[固原<Gùyuán>]], Ningxia
涞源
Láiyuán
Laiyuan county in Baoding [[保定<Bǎodìng>]], Hebei
渭源
Wèiyuán
Weiyuan county in Dingxi [[定西<Dìngxī>]], Gansu
源汇
Yuánhuì
Yuanhui district of Luohe city [[漯河市<Luòhéshì>]], Henan
源城
Yuánchéng
Yuancheng district of Heyuan city [[河源市<Héyuánshì>]], Guangdong

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
669
Word Frequency Rank
1,847 of 84,292

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