源
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Translingual
Han character
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源 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水一竹火 (EMHF), four-corner 31196, composition ⿰氵原)
Derived characters
- 𡀶, 𪒳, 𢢵
References
- KangXi: page 639, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17926
- Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1697, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6E90
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 源 | |
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2nd round simp. | 沅 | |
alternative forms | 原 厵 厡 |
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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羱 | *ŋʷaːn, *ŋʷan |
豲 | *ɦŋʷaːn |
謜 | *sŋ̊ʰʷan, *ŋʷan |
縓 | *sŋ̊ʰʷan, *sŋ̊ʰʷans |
原 | *ŋʷan |
源 | *ŋʷan |
厵 | *ŋʷan |
嫄 | *ŋʷan |
騵 | *ŋʷan |
榞 | *ŋʷan |
獂 | *ŋʷan |
蒝 | *ŋʷan |
願 | *ŋʷans |
傆 | *ŋʷans |
愿 | *ŋʷans |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋʷan) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 原 (OC *ŋʷan, “origin”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
源
- source of a river; headwaters; headspring; fountainhead
- source; origin; root
- a surname
Synonyms
- (source of a river): 水源 (shuǐyuán), 源頭/源头 (yuántóu)
- (source):
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Descendants
- → Japanese: 源 (gen)
- → Korean: 원(源) (won)
- → Vietnamese: nguyên (源)
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
- Go-on: ごん (gon)
- Kan-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)
- Kan’yō-on: がん (gan)←ぐわん (gwan, historical)
- Kun: みなもと (minamoto, 源, Jōyō)
- Nanori: はじめ (hajime); もと (moto); よし (yoshi)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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源 |
みなもと Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
Derived from 水 (mi, “water”, combining form) + な (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) + 元, 本 (moto, “origin, source”).[1][2]
Vovin believes that the na in the initial mina- element is not a genitive particle, but rather actually meant "water", contending that the mi was instead the honorific prefix 御 (mi-).[3]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) みなもと [mìnámótó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠mo̞to̞]
Noun
源 • (minamoto)
- a fountainhead (source of a river)
- Synonym: 水源 (suigen)
- a source, origin
- Synonyms: 起源 (kigen), 根源 (kongen), 本源 (hongen)
Proper noun
源 • (Minamoto)
- a surname, especially those who are descendants of Emperor Saga
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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源 |
げん Grade: 6 |
kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 源 (MC ŋʉɐn).
Noun
源 • (gen)
- a source, origin
Affix
源 • (gen)
- fountainhead
- source, origin
- Short for 源氏 (Genji): Minamoto clan
Derived terms
- 源委 (gen'i)
- 源氏 (Genji)
- 源泉 (gensen)
- 源平藤橘 (Genpeitōkitsu)
- 源流 (genryū)
- 淵源 (engen)
- 起源 (kigen)
- 語源 (gogen)
- 根源 (kongen)
- 光源 (kōgen)
- 財源 (zaigen)
- 資源 (shigen)
- 字源 (jigen)
- 震源 (shingen)
- 塞源 (sokugen)
- 電源 (dengen)
- 同源 (dōgen)
- 病源 (byōgen)
- 本源 (hongen)
References
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- Vovin, Alexander (2012,) Man'yoshu, Book 14: A New English Translation Containing the Original Text, Kana Transliteration, Romanization, Glossing and Commentary, Brill, page 57
Korean
Hanja
源 • (won) (hangeul 원, revised won, McCune–Reischauer wŏn, Yale wen)
- a spring
- source
Vietnamese
Han character
源: Hán Nôm readings: nguồn, nguyên, ngùn, nguyễn
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References
- Nom Foundation