原 — wilderness

Grade 2 kanji · 10 strokes · on'yomi gen · kun'yomi hara.

A cliff (厂) with a spring (泉) — the source/origin on a plateau.

Example words

• 原因 — genin — cause
• 草原 — sougen — grassland

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