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原 means 'meadow'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 133   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-5    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 277 words   Used in 508 words   Used in 10371 names   Component in 9 kanji (2 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ゲン
Kun
   はら meadow
Additional readings
Name    た   ばる   ら   わた   わら
Components
⿸  厂 cliff  ⿱  白 white  小 small  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 原 is used 25 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 原 is used 492 times, read 2 ways (with 4 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ゲン : 441 words FIND ALL
げ ん い ん 0
cause; origin; source
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はら : 18 words FIND ALL
の は ら 1
noun
field
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はら (read as ばら) : 14 words FIND ALL
ま つ ば ら 2
noun
pine grove
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ら: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw  (often written with kana only)
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ばる: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
mountain areas of Kunigami County in Northern Okinawa
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わら: 15 words. FIND ALL
noun
1. beggar; derelict
2. player; actor; actress; theatre people  (see also: 河原乞食; derogatory)
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noun
dry river bed; river beach
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An additional 16 less common words include 原 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 119 (originally: 107)  Joy o' Kanji : 107  Key to Kanji: 285 

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原
ゲン   はら meadow   
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厂
cliff
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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