原
ゲン, はら, た, ばる, ら, わた, わら
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
JLPT3 G2 S10 F172
厂 cliff + an abbreviated form# of 泉 spring → round spring at the base of a cliff → *origin*. *Field* and *plain* are borrowed meanings.
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