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

Stroke order

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

4 strokes
Radical:
clan
Parts:
family name, surname, clan
Kun:
うじ-うじ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
84 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 氏 【シ】 Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, clan, he, him, counter for people
  • 氏族 【シゾク】 clan, family
  • 両氏 【リョウシ】 both persons
  • 同氏 【ドウシ】 the said person, he, she, same surname

Kun reading compounds

  • 氏 【うじ】 family name, lineage, birth, clan
  • 氏名 【しめい】 (full) name, identity
  • 杜氏 【とうじ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
  • 漢氏 【あやうじ】 Aya clan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4, zhi1
Korean:
ssi, ji

Spanish

  • apellido
  • clan
  • señor

Portuguese

  • nome de família
  • sobrenome
  • clã

French

  • nom de famille
  • nom
  • clan
  • Monsieur
620 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
522 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
495 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
177 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2478 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
361 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
223 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
566 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3669 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1845 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17026 Morohashi
2951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3020 New Nelson (John Haig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1970 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
223 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
443 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2656 2001 Kanji
0a4.25 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
7274.0 Four corner code
1-27-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c0f Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
bean
Parts:
beans, pea, midget
Kun:
まめまめ-
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 豆腐 【トウフ】 tofu, bean curd, beancurd
  • 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
  • 緑豆 【リョクトウ】 mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram
  • 菜豆 【サイトウ】 haricot, kidney bean
  • 豆打 【ズンダ】 mashed boiled green soybeans
  • 小豆 【アズキ】 adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
  • 大豆 【ダイズ】 soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy

Kun reading compounds

  • 豆 【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child
  • 豆知識 【まめちしき】 trivia, snippet of knowledge
  • 枝豆 【えだまめ】 edamame (green soybeans)
  • ライ豆 【ライまめ】 lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean

Readings

Japanese names:
ど、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dou4
Korean:
du

Spanish

  • legumbres
  • habichuelas
  • prefijo diminutivo

Portuguese

  • feijões
  • ervilha
  • nanico

French

  • haricot
  • pois
  • infime
379 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1640 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
988 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4465 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1044 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1773 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
438 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
988 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
471 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1715 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2442 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1235 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1452 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36245 Morohashi
1943 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1440 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1548 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
288 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3073 2001 Kanji
3d4.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
1010.8 Four corner code
1-38-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c46 Unicode hex code