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JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

源 (source, origin)

  • JLPT N1
  • 13 strokes
  • Grade 6
  • Radical 水
  • #738 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ゲン
Kun'yomi 訓読み
みなもと

Example words & Vocabulary

資源しげん
resources
源みなもと
source, origin
電源でんげん
source of electricity, power (button on TV etc.)
起源きげん
origin, beginning, rise
語源ごげん
word root, word derivation, etymology
財源ざいげん
source of funds, resources, finances
水源すいげん
source of river, fountainhead

Example sentences 3

中国ちゅうごくは天然てんねん資源しげんが豊富ほうふだ。

China is rich in natural resources.

日本にっぽんは天然てんねん資源しげんが乏とぼしい。

Japan is poor in natural resources.

その国くには天然てんねん資源しげんがある。

That country has natural resources.

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