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源

  • yuán (yuan²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄩㄢˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • jyun⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • ngièn Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • ngiàn Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • ngien Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • ngian² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • ngṳ̂ing Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • nguòng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • ngoeng² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • ngyng² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • ngyoeng² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • goân Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • nguang⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • nguêng⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶gnioe Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • yuán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄩㄢˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • yuán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • yüan² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • ywán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • yuan Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • юань Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ɥɛn³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • jyun⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yùhn Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jyn⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • yun⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /jyːn²¹/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ngièn Hakka, Miaoli, Phak fa su

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同聲符字 (原) (鄭張尚芳 (2003))

形聲漢字(上古 *ŋʷan)及會意漢字:意符 水 + 聲符 原 (上古 *ŋʷan,“源頭;本原”) 。

釋義 沅 · 原 · 厵 · 厡

  1. 水流的出處 伐木不自其本,必復生;塞水不自其源,必復流;滅禍不自其基,必復亂。
  2. 根源,由來 是以明君守始以知萬物之源,治紀以知善敗之端。
  3. 姓氏

Similar: 水源, 源頭, 源头, 來源, 来源, 出處, 出处, 基本, 大本, 本源, 根, 根本, 根源, 根頭, 根头, 泉源, 淵源, 渊源, 源泉, 濫觴, 滥觞, 由來, 由来, 起源

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {源},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%BA%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}