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源

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • source
  • origin

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • みなもと
Strokes
13
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#635
School Grade
Grade 6
Radical
水#85 · water

Components

Common Words

  • 源みなもとNoun
    source (of a river), fountainhead
  • 財源ざいげんNoun
    source of funds, resources, finances
  • 資源しげんNoun
    resources
  • 震源しんげんNoun
    hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 電源でんげんNoun
    source of electricity, electrical power
  • 根源こんげんNoun
    root, source, origin
  • 源氏げんじNoun
    Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
  • 源泉げんせんNoun
    source (of a spring, etc.)

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

氏family nameし、うじN14 strokes震quakeしん、ふるN215 strokes財propertyざい、さい、ぞくN310 strokes泉springせん、いずみN29 strokes資assetsしN313 strokes電electricityでんN513 strokes

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