原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
原来
yuánlái
so it was; originally
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 原来是你。 Yuánlái shì nǐ. So it was you.
- 他原来在家。 Tā yuánlái zài jiā. So he was at home.
- 原来这样。 Yuánlái zhèyàng. So it is like this.