清原正本

清原正本 in English

qīng yuán zhèng běn: (idiom) To clear the source of a river and straighten the roots of a tree. Figuratively, it means solving a problem by tackling its fundamental causes.

Character breakdown

清 qīng (of water etc) clear
原 yuán former
正 zhēng first month of the lunar year
本 běn (bound form) root

Stroke order

Le caractère 清 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 清

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 原 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 原

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 正 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 正

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 本 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 本

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

清

Bronze script 春秋早期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 13 forms

原

Bronze script 西周晚期
Clerical script 孫吳
See all 11 forms

正

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 26 forms

本

Bronze script 西周中期
Clerical script 東漢
See all 9 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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