Chinese Character 源 Meanings and components.

Form

源

Meaning

源 meaning[3] in English

Root.

Source.

Origin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 源 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and Hara (Japanese surname) (原)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EMHF

How to write 源

To write源yuan2root you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 原yuan2Hara (Japanese … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 原 = 源

源 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 源 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 源, looks as follow:

源
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Root . Source . Origin
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
原
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Hara (Japanese Surname)
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
𤽄
Pinyin:𤽄5 Shape:吕
白
Pinyin:bai2
Meaning[3]: Surname Bai
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 源in English or Chinese