源

yuán

root

source; origin

water (氵) + origin sound (原) = the source of a river

原 gives the sound yuán; the water radical grounds the meaning in flowing water traced back to its point of emergence. Together they evoke the place where a river begins.

氵+原→源
原Open plainPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

这条河的源头在山上。

zhè tiáo hé de yuántóu zài shān shàng。

The source of this river is in the mountains.

我们要找到问题的源头才能解决它。

wǒ men yào zhǎo dào wèntí de yuántóu cái néng jiějué tā。

We need to find the root of the problem before we can solve it.

Words with 源

万源

wàn yuán

see 萬源市|万源市[Wan4 yuan2 Shi4]

济源市

jì yuán shì

Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan

魏源

wèi yuán

Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar

消息来源

xiāo xi lái yuán

web feed

来源于

lái yuán yú

to originate in

溯源

sù yuán

to investigate the origin of sth

婺源

wù yuán

see 婺源縣|婺源县[Wu4 yuan2 Xian4]

再生资源

zài shēng zī yuán

renewable resource

源代码

yuán dài mǎ

source code (computing)

罗源

luó yuán

see 羅源縣|罗源县[Luo2 yuan2 Xian4]

富源

fù yuán

Fuyuan county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan

源氏物语

yuán shì wù yǔ

The Tale of Genji, classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu (c. 11th century)

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