| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- fuente
- origen
Portuguese
- fonte
- origem
French
- source
- origine
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 融資 【ユウシ】 financing, loan
- 融合 【ユウゴウ】 agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting
- 溶融 【ヨウユウ】 melting, fusion
- 炉心溶融 【ロシンヨウユウ】 core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown
Kun reading compounds
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら
- Korean:
- yung
Spanish
- disolver
- derretir
- deslizar
Portuguese
- dissolver
- derreter
French
- dissoudre
- fondre
| 1872 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 702 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1359 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1719 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2545 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1588 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1695 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1610 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2303 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1053 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33384 | Morohashi |
| 1831 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1044 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1123 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3071 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6d10.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-6 | SKIP code |
| 1523.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 878d | Unicode hex code |