The kanji 原: meaning, readings and stroke order
原
- Meaning
- field, original
- On reading
- ゲン gen
- Kun reading
- はら hara
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 cliff
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cánh đồng, gốc (nguyên)
- Japanese
- のはら。もと。
- Korean
- 들판, 본래 (원)
- Chinese
- 平原、原本
Readings, words and example sentences
ゲン gen · on reading
高原
highland, plateau
夏に なると 高原へ 行きます。
Every summer we go up to the highlands.
はら hara · kun reading
野原
field, meadow
野原に 白い 花が さいて います。
White flowers are blooming in the field.
Practise writing 原 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 原 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.