元
beginning, former time, origin
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:4
JLPT:4
Frequency:192
Vocabulary
ガン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 元祖 | ガンソ | originator; pioneer; inventor; founder; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line |
| 元旦 | ガンタン | New Year's Day; first day of the year; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day |
| 元日 | ガンジツ | New Year's Day |
| 元日 | ガンニチ | New Year's Day |
| 元年 | ガンネン | first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began |
ゲン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一元 | イチゲン | single element; unitary; one era; one unknown |
| 一元化 | イチゲンカ | unification; centralization; centralisation |
| 還元 | カンゲン | restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation |
| 紀元 | キゲン | era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini) |
| 紀元前 | キゲンゼン | pre-era; BC; BCE |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家元 | いえもと | head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school |
| 元 | もと | origin; source; beginning; basis; base; foundation; root; cause; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock; (one's) side; capital; principal; cost price; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand); first three lines of a waka; counter for plants or trees; counter for falcons (in falconry) |
| 元より | もとより | from the beginning; from the first; all along; originally; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...; to say nothing of ... |
| 元師 | げんすい | (field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army |
| 元本 | がんぽん | principal; capital; income-producing assets |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
井
community, town, well, well crib
Grade 4JLPT 1
夫
husband, man
Grade 4JLPT 3
天
heavens, imperial, sky
Grade 1JLPT 5
先
ahead, before, future, precedence, previous
Grade 1JLPT 5
老
grow old, old age, old man
Grade 4JLPT 3
未
1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac, even now, hitherto, not yet, sign of the ram, still, un-
Grade 4JLPT 3
失
disadvantage, error, fault, lose, loss
Grade 4JLPT 3
末
close, end, posterity, powder, tip
Grade 4JLPT 3
札
bid, counter for bonds, paper money, placard, tag
Grade 4JLPT 2
矢
arrow, dart
Grade 2JLPT 1