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JōyōJLPT N4Kanken 9
元

Meaning

Kanji 元

beginning

beginning, former time, origin

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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
儿
Components
二 • 儿 • 元
Kanji Kentei
Level 9
Similar Kanji
光 • 兀 • 阢 • 扤 • 屼 • 杌 • 尫

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

元金

がんきん

capital

元首

げんしゅ

sovereign

元氣

げんき

healthy

元本

がんぽん

principal (invest.)

元来

がんらい

in the first place

元元

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)

元年

がんねん

first year (of an imperial era)

元旦

がんたん

New Year's Day

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

川の元をたどると山に着く。

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

元の場所に本を戻してください。

Please put the book back in its original place.

計画は元から無理だった。

The plan was impossible from the beginning.

彼は会社の元社長です。

He is the former president of the company.

火事の元は古い配線だった。

The cause of the fire was old wiring.

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Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see character names and anime titles. 15 related entries

Real-world usage of this kanji in character names and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.

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10 entries

Anime Titles

5 entries