Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
source, origin
Kun:
みなもと
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 源 【ゲン】 source, origin
  • 源氏 【ゲンジ】 Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari), the Minamoto family
  • 震源 【シンゲン】 hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 財源 【ザイゲン】 source of funds, resources, finances

Kun reading compounds

  • 源 【みなもと】 source (of a river), fountainhead, source, origin, root
  • 河の源 【かわのみなもと】 fountainhead

Readings

Japanese names:
はら、 みな、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • fuente
  • origen

Portuguese

  • fonte
  • origem

French

  • source
  • origine
864 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
853 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2656 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
893 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
580 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
589 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
854 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1231 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
144 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17926 Morohashi
656 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3274 New Nelson (John Haig)
142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
958 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a10.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3119.6 Four corner code
1-24-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e90 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 仮名 【カナ】 kana, Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia3, jia4
Korean:
ga, ha

Spanish

Portuguese

French

493 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1271 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
835 Morohashi
143 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 New Nelson (John Haig)
2a4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-9 SKIP code
2724.7 Four corner code
1-48-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5047 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
marriage
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
767 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婚 【コン】 marriage
  • 婚姻 【コンイン】 marriage, matrimony
  • 初婚 【ショコン】 first marriage
  • 成婚 【セイコン】 marriage, wedding

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hun1
Korean:
hon

Spanish

  • matrimonio
  • casamiento

Portuguese

  • casamento

French

  • mariage
1278 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
633 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
965 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
453 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
567 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
303 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
447 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
566 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
344 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
427 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1847 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6418 Morohashi
470 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 New Nelson (John Haig)
1830 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1972 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1420 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1778 2001 Kanji
3e8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4246.4 Four corner code
1-26-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a5a Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
Variants:

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Kun reading compounds

  • 網頭 【あみがしら】 kanji "net" radical at top

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang3
Korean:
mang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3708 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28199 Morohashi
2988 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4633 New Nelson (John Haig)
2r4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-70-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f51 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 城跡 【シロアト】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • 遺址 【イシ】 (historic) ruins

Kun reading compounds

  • 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi3
Korean:
ji

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1058 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
386 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4908 Morohashi
982 New Nelson (John Haig)
3b4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4111.0 Four corner code
1-52-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5740 Unicode hex code