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元 — 4 strokes / Radical「儿」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 4 strokes / Radical「儿」
On
ゲン・ガンげん・がん · gen · gan
Kun
もとmoto
Meaning
origin, source

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The top of a person (儿) — the head; hence origin, the beginning.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲンげんgen元素げんそ元気げんき多元たげん
Onガンがんgan元祖がんそ元日がんじつ元来がんらい
Kunもとmoto元もと元帳もとちょう家元いえもと

Compare: 下・本・基

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 元気げんき

    healthy, energetic

  • 元日がんじつ

    New Year's Day

More words with this kanji

  • 還元かんげん
  • 元帥げんすい
  • 窯元かまもと
  • 枕元まくらもと
  • 膝元ひざもと
  • 喉元のどもと

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

お元気(げんき)ですか。

How are you?

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

元日元気元日sun気spirit兄older…光light兀lofty…允permit先ahead丸round言to say岩rock原plain顔face
CompoundRadicalReading

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