原


This kanji means original, fundamental, plain, field, or wilderness.

on readings:
  • gen
kun readings:
  • hara
examples:
秋葉原 Akihabara a part of Tokyo
原因 gen'in cause
原子 genshi atom
原子力発電所 genshiryoku hatsudensho nuclear power plant
原始的 genshiteki primitive, original
原則 gensoku general rule, principle
原宿 Harajuku Harajuku district of Tokyo
河原 kawara dry riverbed
起原 kigen origin, beginning
桑原桑原 kuwabara-kuwabara heaven forbid, god help me
草原 sōgen grassy plain, grasslands

links:
Akihabara
Harajuku
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Last ∆ on 10 April 2026 by Bradley James Wogsland.