U+6E90 "源" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
源
U+6E90 "源" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing, where it represents the concept of a "source," "origin," or "spring," as in the headwaters of a river or the root cause of something. Its composition combines the water radical (氵) on the left with the phonetic component 原, which also carries a hint of meaning related to "plain" or "origin." In modern usage, it appears in words like 资源 (zīyuán) meaning "resources," 来源 (láiyuán) meaning "source," and 起源 (qǐyuán) meaning "origin," and it is frequently employed in both literal and metaphorical contexts across these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6E90 |
| 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 | 源 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 源 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xBA 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6E90 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006E90 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6e90 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B7BD |
| kCCCII | 214841 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6463 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6463 |
| kCangjie | EMHF |
| kCantonese | jyun4 |
| kCihaiT | 817.406 |
| kCowles | 4920 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1046.090 |
| kDefinition | spring; source, head; surname |
| kEACC | 214841 |
| kFanqie | 愚袁 |
| kFenn | 194D |
| kFennIndex | 651.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3119.6 |
| kGB0 | 5220 |
| kGB1 | 5220 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0258c |
| kHangul | 원:0E |
| kHanYu | 31697.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yuán(380) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31697.020:yuán |
| kHKGlyph | 2265 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1046.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31697.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0639.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5434 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B7BD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-383B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FEBF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6A39 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6463 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5D25 |
| kJapanese | ゲン ガン みなもと |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3008 |
| kJapaneseKun | MINAMOTO |
| kJapaneseOn | GEN |
| kJis0 | 2427 |
| kKangXi | 0639.160 |
| kKorean | WEN |
| kLau | 3551 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3293 |
| kMandarin | yuán |
| kMatthews | 7728 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015672 MJ015672:E0101 MJ059789:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 17926 17926:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2656 |
| kPhonetic | 1629 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1903+85.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.10 |
| kSBGY | 113.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 376.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yuán粵jyun4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3293 |
| kTang | *ngiuæn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 451.160:yuán |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nguồn |
| kXerox | 247:152 |
| kXHC1983 | 1423.010:yuán |