A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 10 strokes

Meadow ; Original ; Primitive ; Field ; Plain ; Prairie ; Tundra ; Wilderness

Readings on: ゲン
Kun readings: はら

原はら — prairie

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 原因げんいん — cause; reason; source Word card → Source
• 原子げんし — atom Source
• 原型げんけい — prototype Source
• 野原のはら — field; plain Source
• 原爆げんばく — atomic bomb Source
• 原文げんぶん — original; text Source