Taxonomy of meanings for 源:　　

  • 源 yuán (OC: ŋɡon MC: ŋʷiɐn) 愚袁切 平 廣韻：【水原曰源又姓秃髮傉擅之子賀入後魏魏太武謂之曰與卿同源可爲源氏説文本作厵篆文省作原後人加水 】
    • SOURCE
      • nab.post-Nfigurativeoriginal source, origin
      • n{PLACE}adVfrom the source
      • nadNfigurativeoriginal
      • nsource (of a river etc)
      • nadVlike a fount, like a source
      • vt+prep+Nabhave one's source inCH
      • nfigurativesourceLZ
      • nsource
      • go to the source of>FOLLOW
          • intellectually>INVESTIGATE
        • abstract>ORIGIN
          • process>BEGIN
          • FAMILY NAME

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          • SOURCE

            1. The current general term for a concrete water source feeding any river or stream is quán 泉, and the current general term for a source feeding a lake of any kind is yuān 淵.

            2. Yuán 源 / 原 refers to an original source, and this word is rich in metaphysical or abstract connotation. See BEGIN