# 原 — Original

Frequency rank 139 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 記 (Write Down), less common than 水 (Water).

- On’yomi: げん
- Kun’yomi: はら
- Radical: 厂 Cliff (Kangxi 27)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 10

The rock shelf juts out flat and drops dead vertical, and the hiker goes over with the loose slab.

In words:

- 原 はら — field,plain,prairie,tundra,moor,wilderness
- 原因 げんいん — cause,source
- 原っぱ はらっぱ — open field;empty lot;plain

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