原

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

はら

Nanori (名乗り)

たばるらわたわら

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:10

JLPT:N3

Frequency:172

Vocabulary

ゲン

Word	Reading	Meaning
原案	ゲンアン	original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
原因	ゲンイン	cause; origin; source
原画	ゲンガ	original picture; key frame; key animation
原義	ゲンギ	original meaning
原型	ゲンケイ	model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
原	はら	field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
原っぱ	はらっぱ	open field; empty lot; plain
原因	げいいん	cause; origin; source
原発	げんぱつ	nuclear power plant; nuclear power generation; primary (e.g. primary immunodeficiency syndrome)
原本	げんぽん	original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak

colleague, official, companion

tribute, support, finance

defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

stubborn, foolish, firmly

expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion

paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)