源 yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
源泉
yuánquán
source; fountainhead
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Example phrases
- 对研究者而言，持续的好奇心是突破学术瓶颈的重要源泉。 Duì yánjiūzhě ér yán, chíxù de hàoqíxīn shì tūpò xuéshù píngjǐng de zhòngyào yuánquán. For researchers, sustained curiosity is an important source of breakthroughs through academic bottlenecks.
- 大自然永远是艺术家取之不尽的创作源泉。 Dàzìrán yǒngyuǎn shì yìshùjiā qǔ zhī bù jìn de chuàngzuò yuánquán. Nature is always an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists.
- 人民的支持是政府力量最重要的源泉。 Rénmín de zhīchí shì zhèngfǔ lìliàng zuì zhòngyào de yuánquán. The people's support is the most important source of a government's strength.
Related words
- 电源 diànyuán power supply
- 来源 láiyuán source
- 资源 zīyuán resources
- 能源 néngyuán energy
- 起源 qǐyuán to originate; origin
- 新能源 xīnnéngyuán new energy
- 源于 yuányú to originate from
- 发源 fāyuán to originate; to rise from
- 发源地 fāyuándì place of origin; source
- 根源 gēnyuán root cause; source; to be rooted in
- 水源 shuǐyuán water source
- 渊源 yuānyuán origin; historical roots