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

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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

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
spring, fountain
Kun:
いずみ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 泉水 【センスイ】 garden pond, miniature lake, fountain
  • 泉下 【センカ】 Hades, the hereafter
  • 源泉 【ゲンセン】 source (of a spring, etc.), source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring
  • 天然温泉 【テンネンオンセン】 natural hot spring

Kun reading compounds

  • 泉 【いずみ】 spring, fountain
  • 泉熱 【いずみねつ】 Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
  • 知識の泉 【ちしきのいずみ】 source of knowledge

Readings

Japanese names:
いず、 ずい、 ずみ、 ぜい、 ぜん、 の
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan2
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • manantial
  • fuente

Portuguese

  • Fonte
  • nascente

French

  • source
  • fontaine
926 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
915 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
902 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3099 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
915 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
965 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1192 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1253 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
840 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1154 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3176 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1636 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
135 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17274 Morohashi
2567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3095 New Nelson (John Haig)
133 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
140 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
842 2001 Kanji
3a5.33 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2623.2 Four corner code
1-32-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cc9 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
place, extent
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 所 【ショ】 counter for places
  • 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
  • 高所 【コウショ】 high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view
  • 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kun reading compounds

  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 一所 【いっしょ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
  • 痛いところ 【いたいところ】 one's weak point, one's sore spot, raw nerve
  • 所か 【どころか】 far from, anything but, not at all ... but rather ..., not ..., on the contrary, ..., instead of, rather than, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less, not only ... (but also ...)
  • 所じゃない 【どころじゃない】 not the time for, not the place for, far from, anything but, ... is out of the question, ... isn't the word for it
  • 大所 【おおどころ】 wealthy family, important person, bigwig
  • 居所 【いどころ】 whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence
  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 早いとこ 【はやいとこ】 promptly, quickly
  • 僕んとこ 【ぼくんとこ】 at my place

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • lugar

Portuguese

  • Lugar

French

  • lieu
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
328 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11715X Morohashi
851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 New Nelson (John Haig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
305 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3054 2001 Kanji
4m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
7222.1 Four corner code
1-29-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6240 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Kun:
え.るう.る
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 得 【トク】 profit, advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
  • 得意 【トクイ】 satisfaction, pride, triumph, elation, one's strong point, one's forte, one's specialty, regular customer, regular client, patron
  • 拾得 【シュウトク】 finding (lost property), picking up
  • 体得 【タイトク】 mastery, learning through experience, realization, realisation, comprehension

Kun reading compounds

  • 得る 【える】 to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...
  • 得る 【うる】 to be able to ..., can ..., to get, to acquire, to obtain, to procure, to earn, to win, to gain, to secure, to attain
  • 得撫草 【うるっぷそう】 weaselsnout (Lagotis glauca)

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 てろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
de2, de5, dei3
Korean:
deug

Spanish

  • ventaja
  • beneficio
  • provecho
  • conseguir
  • obtener

Portuguese

  • ganho
  • obtem
  • achado
  • ganhar
  • adquirir
  • poder
  • capacidade
  • lucro
  • vantagem
  • benefício

French

  • obtenir
  • gain
  • gagner
  • trouver
  • acquérir
  • pouvoir
  • profit
  • avantage
  • bénéfice
850 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
587 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
761 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
358 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1622 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
340 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
523 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1299 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
374 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
375 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
643 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
631 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
577 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
435 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
885 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10137 Morohashi
477 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1755 New Nelson (John Haig)
876 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
941 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
167 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
574 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2048 2001 Kanji
3i8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
2624.1 Four corner code
1-38-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f97 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
tax, duty
On:
ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 税 【ゼイ】 tax
  • 税関 【ゼイカン】 customs, customs house
  • 地方税 【チホウゼイ】 local tax, council tax
  • 納税 【ノウゼイ】 payment of taxes

Readings

Japanese names:
さい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui4
Korean:
se, tal

Spanish

  • impuesto
  • arancel

Portuguese

  • imposto
  • dever

French

  • taxe
  • droits
826 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
750 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
727 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
383 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3287 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
488 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
782 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
399 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
403 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1438 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1525 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1101 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
904 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25070P Morohashi
1191 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4146 New Nelson (John Haig)
895 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
961 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
755 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2257 2001 Kanji
5d7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
2891.6 Four corner code
1-32-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a0e Unicode hex code