Read Edit View history 原 yuánYuán HSK2 source Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts water coming from a spring (泉) on a cliff (厂). Pinyin Separate values with commas yuán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 原 Simp strokes 原 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 原 Simp strokes 原 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 原 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 336, 738 ], [ 351, 729 ], [ 439, 730 ], [ 717, 773 ], [ 765, 773 ] ], [ [ 264, 761 ], [ 290, 740 ], [ 303, 709 ], [ 280, 507 ], [ 249, 368 ], [ 219, 282 ], [ 174, 189 ], [ 118, 103 ], [ 77, 58 ] ], [ [ 574, 703 ], [ 540, 690 ], [ 486, 584 ], [ 466, 571 ] ], [ [ 373, 563 ], [ 404, 540 ], [ 416, 518 ], [ 444, 379 ], [ 463, 327 ] ], [ [ 426, 556 ], [ 448, 546 ], [ 518, 563 ], [ 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