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源 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ゲンげん · gen
Kun
みなもとminamoto
Meaning
source; origin

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 原 "the beginning"; where water first springs — hence "source, origin."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲンげんgen源泉げんせん水源すいげん資源しげん
Kunみなもとminamoto源みなもと

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 資源しげん

    resources

  • 水源すいげん

    water source

More words with this kanji

  • 淵源えんげん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)に川(かわ)の源(みなもと)をたずねた。

I went up the mountain to find the river's source.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

水源資源源水water資resour…沿to run…派factio…洗to was…済to fin…潮tide厳strict元origin幻phanto…玄deep芫a medi…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ゲンAll maps

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