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
源头
yuántóu
source; origin
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 追查谣言的源头，比事后反复辟谣更能降低社会成本。 Zhuīchá yáoyán de yuántóu, bǐ shìhòu fǎnfù pìyáo gèng néng jiàngdī shèhuì chéngběn. Tracing the source of a rumour can reduce social costs more effectively than repeatedly refuting it after the fact.
- 这条河的源头在一座高高的雪山上。 Zhè tiáo hé de yuántóu zài yī zuò gāo gāo de xuěshān shàng. The source of this river is high up on a snowy mountain.
- 警方正在调查这起事件的源头。 Jǐngfāng zhèngzài diàochá zhè qǐ shìjiàn de yuántóu. The police are investigating the origin of this incident.
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