Radical:

meaning for yuán:

  • - former
  • - original
  • - primary
  • - raw
  • - level
  • - cause
  • - sourcecause
  • - origin
  • - root cause
  • - reason
  • - Classifiers: 个 original
  • - former
  • - originally
  • - formerly
  • - at first
  • - so, actually, as it turns outprinciple
  • - doctrine
  • - Classifiers: 个 grassland
  • - prairie
  • - Classifiers: 片 plateau
  • - Classifiers: 片

yuán
yǐwéi以为
xuéxí学习
gèngduō更多
zhīshi知识
kěyǐ可以
zēngjiā增加
de
zìxìn自信
dàn
fǎnér反而
ràng
gǎndào感到
gèngjiā更加
wúzhī无知

He thought that learning more knowledge would increase his confidence, but it made him feel more ignorant instead.