源 — kanji meaning “source”
源
source, origin
- Meanings
- source, origin
- On'yomi
- ゲン (gen)
- Kun'yomi
- みなもと
- Name readings
- はら、みな、もと
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #738 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- yuán — Chinese character page
Words with 源
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 資源 | しげん shigen | resources |
| 電源 | でんげん dengen | source of electricity; electrical power |
| 起源 | きげん kigen | origin; beginning; source |
| 語源 | ごげん gogen | origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology |
| 財源 | ざいげん zaigen | source of funds; resources; finances |
| 震源 | しんげん shingen | hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus |
| 源泉 | げんせん gensen | source (of a spring, etc.) |
| 根源 | こんげん kongen | root; source; origin |
| 水源 | すいげん suigen | source of river; fountainhead |
| 源流 | げんりゅう genryuu | source (e.g. of a river); headwaters |
| 光源 | こうげん kougen | light source |
| 熱源 | ねつげん netsugen | heat source |
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