根 源

gēnyuán

“Origin” in Chinese is 根源 (gēnyuán).

Meaning

origin
root (cause)

Example

我无法找到问题的根源。

I can't locate the source of the problem.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gēnHSK 310 strokesroot yuánHSK 413 strokesroot

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