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源

JLPT N1

Meanings

  • source
  • origin

Readings

  • げん
  • みなもと
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#635

Common Words

  • 源泉げんせんsource (of a spring, etc.)
  • 源流げんりゅうsource (e.g. of a river), headwaters
  • 源氏げんじGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
  • 語源ごげんorigin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
  • 根源こんげんroot, source, origin, cause

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

根rootN210 strokes泉springN29 strokes桃peachN110 strokes氏family nameN14 strokes資assetsN313 strokes遡go upstream13 strokes

Data: KANJIDIC2 & JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0)