U+539F "原" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
原
U+539F "原" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "origin," "source," "plain," or "original." It is widely used in both modern and classical East Asian languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it appears in words such as "原因" (reason or cause), "原始" (primitive or original), and "原則" (principle). Pictographically, the character originally depicted a spring of water flowing from a cliff, symbolizing a source or beginning. In addition to its literal meanings, "原" carries cultural significance in philosophical and historical contexts, often referencing the concept of a fundamental or unaltered state.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+539F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 原 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 原 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8E 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x539F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000539F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u539f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ADEC |
| kCCCII | 213478 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-544F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-544F |
| kCangjie | MHAF |
| kCantonese | jyun4 |
| kCihaiT | 229.403 |
| kCowles | 4919 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0368.230 |
| kDefinition | source, origin, beginning |
| kEACC | 213478 |
| kFanqie | 愚袁 |
| kFenn | 194C |
| kFennIndex | 651.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7129.6 |
| kGB0 | 5213 |
| kGB1 | 5213 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0258a |
| kHangul | 원:0E |
| kHanYu | 10074.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yuán(1701) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10074.090:yuán |
| kHKGlyph | 0456 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0368.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10074.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0162.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-542D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ADEC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3836 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FEB1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A2B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-544F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4E24 |
| kJapanese | ゲン ガン はら たずねる もと ゆるす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1868 |
| kJapaneseKun | HARA MOTO TAZUNERU |
| kJapaneseOn | GEN |
| kJis0 | 2422 |
| kKangXi | 0162.030 |
| kKorean | WEN |
| kLau | 3550 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0626 |
| kMandarin | yuán |
| kMatthews | 7725 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3661 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007940 |
| kMorohashi | 02973 |
| kNelson | 0825 |
| kPhonetic | 280 1629 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1898+27.2.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 27.8 |
| kSBGY | 113.02 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+20AA5<kKangXi:T |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 79.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yuán粵jyun4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0626 |
| kTang | *ngiuæn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 451.070:yuán |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nguyên |
| kXerox | 242:056 |
| kXHC1983 | 1420.090:yuán |