# 原 — meadow; original

原 means “meadow; original”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: ゲン (gen). Kun'yomi: はら (hara). You'll see it in words such as 原っぱ (harappa, “open field; empty lot”).

- Meaning: meadow; original
- On'yomi: ゲン (gen)
- Kun'yomi: はら (hara)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 原

From under a cliff (厂), small (小) white (白) streams run down: the source, the meadow.

Parts: 厂 cliff · 白 white · 小 small

## Words with 原

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 原っぱ | はらっぱ (harappa) | open field; empty lot |
| 原 | はら (hara) | field; plain |

## Don't confuse it with

[源](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/source/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[原](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/meadow/) · [島](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/island/) · [境](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/border/) · [州](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/province/) · [域](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/region/) · [景](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/scenery/) · [欧](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/europe/) · [韓](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/korea/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/meadow/. Last updated 2026-11-01.