68 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
106 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
328 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
106 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
121 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
60 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
245 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
59 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1340 | Morohashi |
1929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
59 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
63 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
408 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
89 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
- 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
- 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
- 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- comienzo
- principio
- origen
- jefe
Portuguese
- começo
- tempo anterior
- origem
French
- commencement
- origine
- ancien temps
3057 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
1021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5143 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
250 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 価 【カ】 valence, valency
- 価格 【カカク】 price, value, cost
- 時価 【ジカ】 current value, price, market value
- 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 値 【あたい】 price, cost, value, worth, merit, value
- 値する 【あたいする】 to be worth, to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit
Readings
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- valor
- precio
- coste
- mérito
Portuguese
- valor
- preço
French
- prix
- valeur
563 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
657 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
626 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
202 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
422 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
762 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
317 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
421 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
427 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
425 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
86 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
95 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
64 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
67 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1617 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
628P | Morohashi |
87 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
188 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1603 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1729 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
342 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
678 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2176 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
2126.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fa1 | Unicode hex code |