Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
原
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Bronze script 西周晚期 -
Clerical script 孫吳 - See all 11 forms
因
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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交通事故是美国青少年死亡的主要原因。
Car accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States.
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什麼原因讓你這麼早來這裡？
What made you come here so early?
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他是为这个原因离开了学校。
It was for this reason that he left school.
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你不想知道原因吗？
Don't you want to know the reason?
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因為那個原因，他失去了工作。
For that reason, he lost his job.
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您在英国从事中医工作的原因是什么？
What are your reasons for practising Chinese medicine in the UK?
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我们在调查事故发生的原因。
We are looking into the cause of the accident.
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我很想找出她为什么这么说的原因。
I'd love to find out why she said so.