# 源头 (yuántóu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 源头 (yuántóu) means “source; fountainhead; point of origin”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: source; fountainhead; point of origin
- Pinyin: yuántóu (yuan2 tou2)
- Traditional: 源頭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们要从源头上解决问题。
  Wǒmen yào cóng yuántóu shàng jiějué wèntí.
  We must solve the problem at its source.

## Characters

- 源 (yuán): root; source
- [头](https://hanziro.com/word/tou-head/) (tóu): head; top

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-tou-source/

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