A kanji
元
beginning, former time, origin
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 2 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 192 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ゲン、ガン
Kun'yomi
もと
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 元 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 元 13 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 1 word
JLPT N2 · 4 words
JLPT N1 · 7 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 元.
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