源 – source, origin

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The kanji 源 means source, origin. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲン (gen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みなもと (minamoto). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲン	gen
Kun’yomi	みなもと	minamoto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・小・白・厂.

Words using 源

資源しげんresources起源きげんorigin源みなもとsource (of a river)語源ごげんorigin of a word財源ざいげんsource of funds電源でんげんsource of electricity水源すいげんsource of river

Example sentences

海は各種の資源を与えてくれる。

The ocean affords various kinds of resources.

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この民族の起源は神秘につつまれている。

The origins of these people is shrouded in mystery.

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これらの語は同じ語源から出ている。

These words are derived from the same root.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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