起 源

qǐyuán

verbnounHSK 7-9

“Origin” in Chinese is 起源 (qǐyuán).

Meaning

origin
to originate
to come from

Example

宇宙的起源是什么？

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

qǐHSK 110 strokesto rise yuánHSK 413 strokesroot

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