元
commonbeginning; former time; origin
Radical: 儿 (legs). Strokes: 4画. Elements: 二儿. . Hangul: 원 [weon]. Nanori: ちか / はじめ / はる / ゆき / よしchika / hajime / haru / yuki / yoshi.
Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade. JLPT N4.
Example compounds:
| ゲンGEN | 二次元【にじげんnijigen】two dimensions 元老【げんろうgenrō】elder statesman; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor) 二元論【にげんろんnigenron】dualism |
| ガンGAN | 元金【がんきんgankin】capital; principal 元利【がんりganri】principal and interest 元祖【がんそganso】originator; founder; pioneer; inventor |
| もとmoto | 国元【くにもとkunimoto】hometown; native place 窯元【かまもとkamamoto】pottery 襟元【えりもとerimoto】front of neck; collar |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5143 | – | Unicode |
| 24-21 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-1-3 | – | SKIP |
| 0a4.5 | – | TKD |
| 1021.1 | – | Four Corner |
| 3057 | – | De Roo |
| 275 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 343 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 1929 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1226 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 59 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 328 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 60 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 106 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1340 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 973 |
| 106 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 137 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 68 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 121 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 117 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 89 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 408 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 245 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.10 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 141 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 59 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |