KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小24 strokesRadical 儿#192 in newspapers
元 · beginning, former time
元 is a kanji meaning beginning, former time, origin. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ゲンgen
- ガンgan
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- もとmoto
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 元 · 12 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 元気げんき | げんき | health(y), energetic | N5 |
| 元もと | もと | origin, original; former | N3 |
| 足元あしもと | あしもと | at one's feet | N2 |
| 元日がんじつ | がんじつ | New Year's Day | N2 |
| 元々もともと | もともと | originally, by nature, from the start | N2 |
| 元首げんしゅ | げんしゅ | ruler, sovereign | N1 |
Example sentence
元気出して。
げんきだして
Cheer up!
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #175025 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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