Surname · Chinese · Japanese
原
“spring”·“cliff”
原 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hara.
Meaning & origin
What it means
原 is built from elements meaning “spring” and “cliff”.
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原’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 原 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hara. In Japanese usage, 原 as a surname has a transliteration in たず-ねる. In Japanese usage, 原 as a surname has a transliteration in はら.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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