(bound form) origin; source; beginning

(bound form) to excuse; to forgive; to pardon

(bound form) original; primary; former

(adverb) originally; as it turns out; at first

(bound form) raw; unprocessed; crude

(bound form) plain; plateau; field

(literary) to trace back to a source; to investigate the root cause

the Chinese surname Yuan

(archaic) honest; cautious; prudent

a Japanese surname