原 = 小 + 白 + 厂

原 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “meadow”. It is built from 小 (little), 白 (white) and 厂 (cliff). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 142. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: meadow
RTK frame: 142
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): はら
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: луг, original
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 原 source

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 原

How to find 原 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “little” + “white” + “cliff”. 原 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 原 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.