| 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
1469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肥満 【ヒマン】 corpulence, fatness, obesity
- 肥大 【ヒダイ】 swelling, enlargement, becoming fat, hypertrophy
- 堆肥 【タイヒ】 compost, manure
- 追肥 【ツイヒ】 (adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)
Kun reading compounds
- 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile, to be refined (palate), to be discerning (eye, ear), to become rich, to become successful
- 肥 【こえ】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer
- 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile, to be refined (palate), to be discerning (eye, ear), to become rich, to become successful
- 肥やす 【こやす】 to fertilize, to fertilise, to manure, to enrich
- 肥やし 【こやし】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer, something that will help one develop in the future
- 肥やし桶 【こやしおけ】 night soil pail
- 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 こい、 ひえ
- Korean:
- bi
Spanish
- engordar
- fertilizar
- abonar
- abono
- fertilizante
- enriquecer
Portuguese
- fertilizar
- engordar
- fértil
- estrume
- mimar
French
- engrais
- grossir
- fertile
- fumier
- choyer
| 699 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 793 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 772 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1398 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3740 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 724 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1668 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 617 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1723 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1841 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1352 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1024 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1091 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 592 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 783 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1772 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29290 | Morohashi |
| 879 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4774 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1756 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1893 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 692 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 7721.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 80a5 | Unicode hex code |