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JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

源 — source, origin

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

源氏の舅。

He is Genji's father-in-law.

源頼親の三男。

He was MINAMOTO no Yorichika's third son.

源姓と称する。

Adopted Minamoto as the family name.