Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
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

13 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
marry into, bride
Kun:
よめとつ.ぐい.くゆ.く
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嫁す 【カス】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 嫁する 【カスル】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 責任転嫁 【セキニンテンカ】 shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone), passing the buck
  • 再嫁 【サイカ】 remarriage (of a woman)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife
  • 嫁入り 【よめいり】 marriage, wedding
  • 新嫁 【しんよめ】 newly-wed bride
  • 弟嫁 【おとうとよめ】 younger brother's wife
  • 嫁ぐ 【とつぐ】 to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family), to have sexual intercourse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • novia
  • nuera
  • casarse
  • dar responsabilidad

Portuguese

  • Casar
  • noiva

French

  • prendre mari
  • mariage
  • belle-fille
1049 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1469 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1249 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1199 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1749 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1873 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
599 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
451 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
780 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
582 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6602 Morohashi
635 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 New Nelson (John Haig)
542 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
581 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1617 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1751 2001 Kanji
3e10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4343.2 Four corner code
1-18-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ac1 Unicode hex code