JLPT N45画 · 5 strokesradical 弓
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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