Word Meaning 字源

じげん jigen

字源 is read as じげん (jigen) and means Chinese character from which a kana character is derived.

Meaning

English

Chinese character from which a kana character is derived
composition of a Chinese character
origin of a character

Reading

Kana

じげん

Romaji

jigen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 64981 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

漢字源

かんじげん

Kanjigen (character dictionary published by Gakken)

字幕

じまく

subtitles

字句

じく

wording

字義通り

じぎどおり

literal (meaning; of a word, etc.)

字義

じぎ

meaning of a word

字類条件

じるいじょうけん

class condition

字幕付き

じまくつき

subtitled (of a movie, etc.)

字句の構造

じくのこうぞう

lexical structure

資源

しげん

resources

電源

でんげん

power (button on TV, etc.)

源

みなもと

source (of a river)

起源

きげん

origin