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JLPT N45画 · 5 strokesradical

origin, source, fund, first

Also: former

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ゲン
  • ガン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • もと

Meanings across languages

English
origin, source, fund, first, former
Tiếng Việt
nguồn gốc, căn nguyên, cựu, nguyên, đầu tiên
日本語
元, 起源, 以前

Common compounds

  • 元気げんきhealth, vigor, energy
  • 元日がんじつNew Year's Day
  • 冬元とうげんwinter origin, beginning of winter
  • 元々もともとoriginally, by nature

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