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原 [yuán] source, origin/original (原​地); 原​来 originally, as it turns out; 原​因 cause/reason; 原​则 principle; 原​野 prairie, ​平原 plain; (HDZ:) … [yuàn] ​愿/​願 (HDC:) ​鄉原, 原​慤, 原​人

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 原 yuán ‘source/origin of a river’ (​源​泉) combines ​泉(​𤽄) quán ‘water spring’, and ​厂 hǎn ‘cliff’: water gushing out from a high mountain plateau (​高原) and plunging down the cliff face; formerly wr. ​𠫐(​厵), with ​泉 tripled; later wr. ​源.
    Note: In 原, the old form of ​泉(​𤽄󰀃) quán has a shape like ​小 (not ​水) at bottom.
    Note: Today mainly 原 yuán ‘source, origin/original’ (as in 原​来 ‘originally’); 原 yuán ‘original/raw’ (as in 原​料 ‘raw material’), 原 yuán ‘original/primary/fundamental’ (原​子 ‘atom’).
    Compare: 原 yuán ‘(high/flat/remote) prairie/plain’ (原​野, ​平原), formerly wr. ​邍.
    Note: (​诗) (​公​劉) ​陟​則​在​巘、​復​降​在原 “He ascended to the hill-tops; He descended again to the plains.” (Legge)
    Compare: ​渊/​淵 yuān ‘abyss/vortex’; ​缘/​緣 yuán ‘cause, reason’, ​元 yuán ‘original’.
    HDZ: 原 : yuán : ​水​流​起​头​的​地​方 (cf. ​源); ​根​本, ​根​源, ​因​由; ​开​始​发​生, ​来​源 (​于); ​推​求​本​源, ​推​究 (cf. ​源, ​圓); (​文​体​名); ​最​初​的, ​没​有​经​过​加​工​的 (原​生​动​物, 原​油, 原​料); 原​来​的 (原​籍, ​物​归原​主); (​副​词) ​本​来, 原​来; 原​谅, ​谅​解 (​情​有​可原) (cf. ​環/原: ​宽​恕); ​再, ​重; ​依​然, ​仍​然; ​宽​广​平​坦​的​地​面 (​平原, ​高原, ​草原) (ant. ​巘); ​田​地, ​可​耕​种​的​土​地; ​羱: ​羱​羊; ​愿 (yuàn): ​谨​慎, ​拘​谨 (cf. ​傆); (​古​国​名); (​姓)
    HDC: ​平原 : ​广​阔​平​坦​的原​野; …
    HDC: 原/​壄​野 : ​平原​旷​野
►references: Guǎngyùn:113.02; Wieger:59c,125f; Henshall:107; Karlgren:AD1344,GSR258a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.74.9; Lindqvist:66; Mathews:7725; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:162.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:150.0.03; Wáng(1993):37; EDOC:1
►components: ​厂​𤽄​​白​小​泉
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