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元

4 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
二 儿 元
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲン、 ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
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)
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

仁

4 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 化
humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
On:
ジン、 ニ、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1332 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 任侠 【ニンキョウ】 chivalry, chivalrous spirit, helping the weak and fighting the strong, yakuza
  • 同仁 【ドウジン】 universal benevolence
  • 一視同仁 【イッシドウジン】 loving every human being with impartiality, universal brotherhood, universal benevolence
  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 仁王 【ニオウ】 two Deva kings, guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
  • 亜麻仁 【アマニ】 flaxseed, linseed
  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 任侠 【ニンキョウ】 chivalry, chivalrous spirit, helping the weak and fighting the strong, yakuza
  • 永仁 【エイニン】 Einin era (1293.8.5-1299.4.25)
  • 薏苡仁 【ヨクイニン】 coix seed (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Readings

Japanese names:
きみ、 く、 さと、 しのぶ、 じ、 と、 のり、 ひと、 ひとし、 ひろ、 まさ、 まさし、 やす、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • humanidad
  • benevolencia
  • bondad
  • caridad

Portuguese

  • humanidade
  • virtude
  • benevolência
  • caridade
  • homem
  • núcleo

French

  • humanité
  • vertu
  • bienveillance
  • charité
  • grandeur d'âme
  • homme
  • noyau
820 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
917 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
906 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1346 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
349 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
829 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1035 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
57 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1619 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1727 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1879 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
56 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
21 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
997 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
349 Morohashi
20 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110 New Nelson (John Haig)
988 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1063 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
832 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a2.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
1-31-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ec1 Unicode hex code