源
origin, source

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

みなもと

Nanori (名乗り)

はらみなもと

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:6
Strokes:13
JLPT:1
Frequency:738

Vocabulary

ゲン

WordReadingMeaning
源泉ゲンセンsource (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
源流ゲンリュウsource (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
語源ゴゲンorigin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
根源コンゲンroot; source; origin; cause
財源ザイゲンsource of funds; resources; finances

Other

WordReadingMeaning
源みなもとsource (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
源氏げんじGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
資源エネルギー庁しげんエネルギーちょうAgency of Natural Resources and Energy
源平げんぺいGenji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
電源ケーブルでんげんケーブルpower cable; power lead

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

原
field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness
Grade 2JLPT 3
寮
dormitory, hostel, tea pavillion, villa
Grade 8JLPT 1
漬
moisten, pickling, soak, steep
Grade 8JLPT 1
療
cure, heal
Grade 8JLPT 2
漠
desert, obscure, vague, wide
Grade 8JLPT 1
賓
V.I.P., guest
Grade 8JLPT 1
僚
colleague, companion, official
Grade 8JLPT 1
瀬
current, rapids, shallows, shoal, torrent
Grade 8JLPT 1
預
custody, deposit, entrust to, leave with
Grade 6JLPT 2
順
docility, obey, occasion, order, right, turn
Grade 4JLPT 2