JōyōJLPT N4Kanken 9

Meaning

Kanji 元

beginning

beginning, former time, origin

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
もと
Onyomi 音読み
ゲンガン
Nanori 名乗り
ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 2
JLPT
JLPT N4
Frequency
#192
Strokes
4
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 9
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Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 454 entries that include this kanji.

元日

がんじつ

New Year's Day

もと

cause

元金

がんきん

capital

元首

げんしゅ

sovereign

元気

げんき

healthy

元本

がんぽん

principal (invest.)

元来

がんらい

in the first place

元素

げんそ

(classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)

元々

もともと

none the worse (for)

元号

げんごう

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa)

元利

がんり

principal and interest

元老

げんろう

genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

川のをたどると山に着く。

If you trace the river to its origin, you'll reach the mountain.

の場所に本を戻してください。

Please put the book back in its original place.

計画はから無理だった。

The plan was impossible from the beginning.

彼は会社の社長です。

He is the former president of the company.

火事のは古い配線だった。

The cause of the fire was old wiring.