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源

source
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingみなもと
JōyōGrade 6
  1. source (of a river)
  2. fountainhead
  3. origin
  4. root

Popular Usage

資源起源

Radicals and components

Radical水waterComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · meadow · cliff (厂) · sun (日) · day (日) · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 153

Compound words

資源しげん
resources
起源きげん
origin; beginning; source
源泉げんせん
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
源流げんりゅう
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
語源ごげん
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
根源こんげん
root; source; origin; cause
財源ざいげん
source of funds; resources; finances
震源しんげん
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
水源すいげん
source of river; fountainhead
電源でんげん
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
源氏げんじ
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
源頼朝みなもとのよりとも
Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199), first shogun and founder of the Kamakura shogunate.
電源開発でんげんかいはつ
development of electrical power resources
電源ケーブルでんげんケーブル
power cable; power lead
資源エネルギー庁しげんエネルギーちょう
Agency of Natural Resources and Energy

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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