Info on the Kanji 元 | What's a Kanji? |
| beginning, former time, origin | |
| onyomi | GEN, GAN |
| kunyomi | moto |
| stroke count | 4 |
| grade | 2 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 元 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 元もと moto | unknown / element / yuan / yuan dynasty |
| 安元あんもと an moto | angen era |
| 一元いちげん ichigen | unitary |
| 家元いえもと iemoto | head of a school / head family of a school |
| 火元ひもと himoto | origin of a fire |
| 元いもとい moto i | return to your original position! / er, rather |
| 元はもとは moto ha | originally |
| 元へもとへ moto he | return to your original position! / er, rather |
| 元悪もとあく moto aku | head gangster |
| 元歌もとうた motouta | original song |
| 元気げんき genki | health / robust / vigor / vigour / energy / vitality / vim / stamina / spirit / courage / pep |
| 元金がんきん gankin | capital / principal |
| 元元もともと moto moto | originally / by nature / from the start |
| 元高もとたか moto taka | principal |
| 元始もとし moto shi | origin |
| 元手もとで motode | funds / capital / stock |
| 元中もとなか moto naka | genchuu era |
| 元朝もとあさ moto asa | yuan dynasty / mongol dynasty |
| 元年がんねん gannen | first year |
| 元売もとばい moto bai | direct sale by the producer |
| 元服げんぷく genpuku | ceremony of attaining manhood |
| 元文もとふみ motofumi | gembun era |
| 元方もとほう moto hou | capitalist / wholesaler |
| 元本がんぽん ganpon | principal / capital |
| 元来がんらい ganrai | originally / primarily / essentially / logically / naturally |
| 口元くちもと kuchimoto | the mouth / shape of the mouth / near an entrance |
| 国元くにもと kuni moto | hometown / native place |
| 山元やまもと yamamoto | owner of a mountain / a mine |
| 正元まさよし masayoshi | shougen era |
| 多元たげん tagen | pluralistic |
| 地元じもと jimoto | home area / home town / local |
| 中元ちゅうげん chuugen | 15th day of the 7th lunar month / bon lantern festival / bon gifts |
| 長元ちょうもと chou moto | chougen era |
| 天元てんもと ten moto | central black dot on a go board / tengen era |
| 道元みちもと michi moto | zen monk, 1200-1253 |
| 二元にげん nigen | duality / binary |
| 本元ほんもと honmoto | origin / main branch of family |
| お手元おてもと o temoto | chopsticks |
| お中元おちゅうげん o chuugen | bon festival gifts |
| 火の元ひのもと hi no moto | origin of fire |
| 開発元かいはつもと kaihatsumoto | developer / development agency |
| 空元気からげんき karagenki | bravado |
| 元よりもとより moto yori | from the beginning / from the first / all along / originally / of course |
| 元カノもとかの moto kano | former girlfriend |
| 元カレもとかれ moto kare | former boyfriend |
| 元ネタもとねた motoneta | inspiration / source / parody / mimicry / fake |
| 元気者げんきもの genkimono | live wire |
| 元社長もとしゃちょう moto shachou | former president of a company |
| 元通りもとどおり motodoori | as before / as ever |
| 元入金もとにゅうきん moto nyuukin | capital |
| 元売りもとうり motouri | direct sale by the producer |
| 三元色さんげんしょく sangen shoku | three primary colors / trichromatic |
| 手元金てもときん temoto kin | money on hand / ready money / spending money / pocket money |
| 小三元しょうさんげん shou sangen | little three dragons / winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon |
| 貸し元かしもと kashi moto | financier / gambling boss |
| 大三元だいさんげん daisangen | big three dragons / winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles |
| 地元語じもとご jimoto go | local language / local dialect |
| 地元紙じもとし jimotoshi | local newspaper |
| 発売元はつばいもと hatsubaimoto | sales agency / selling agency |
| お手元金おてもときん o temoto kin | the privy purse / the money used for private purposes by the members of the imperial family |
| 一世一元いっせいいちげん issei ichigen | the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor |
| 元どおりもとどおり moto doori | as before / as ever |
| 元の通りもとのとおり motono toori | as it was before |
| 元気よくげんきよく genki yoku | cheerfully / vigorously |
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| Example Sentences with 元 |
| 私はなぜか夜の方が元気だ。 君を元気にさせるのに何と言っていいか分からないよ。 元気？旅行は良かった？ 今回、まだ両替していなかったので、日本円を人民元に替える必要があった。 |
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