源 — Chinese character
源
yuán
spring; source, root, head; surname
- Pinyin
- yuán
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 氵 原
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 原
- Japanese
- 源 as a kanji
Common words with 源
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资源 (資源) | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 来源 (來源) | lái yuán | source (of information etc); origin |
| 能源 | néng yuán | energy sources; energy |
| 源于 (源於) | yuán yú | has its origins in |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | origin; to originate |
| 电源 (電源) | diàn yuán | electric power source |
| 根源 | gēn yuán | origin; root (cause) |
| 源自 | yuán zì | to originate from |
| 来源于 (來源於) | lái yuán yú | to originate in |
| 水源 | shuǐ yuán | water source; water supply |
| 源头 (源頭) | yuán tóu | source; origin; fountainhead |
| 自然资源 (自然資源) | zì rán zī yuán | natural resource |
English words written with 源
源 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.