原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
原始
yuánshǐ
original; primitive
Characters in this word
始 shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这是原始图。 Zhè shì yuánshǐ tú. This is the original picture.
- 原始人住洞。 Yuánshǐ rén zhù dòng. Primitive people live in caves.
- 原始资料在这。 Yuánshǐ zīliào zài zhè. The original materials are here.