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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

  • 源泉げんせんNounsource (of a spring, etc.)
  • 源流げんりゅうNounsource (e.g. of a river), headwaters
  • 源氏げんじNounGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
  • 語源ごげんNounorigin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
  • 根源こんげんNounroot, source, origin, cause
  • 財源ざいげんNounsource of funds, resources, finances
  • 資源しげんNounresources
  • 震源しんげんNounhypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus

Practice in Kanjiru

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