源

source, origin

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

13 / 13

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:13

JLPT:N1

Frequency:738

Vocabulary

ゲン

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion

pickling, soak, moisten, steep

vague, obscure, desert, wide

colleague, official, companion

rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal

deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to

obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion