Jisho

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14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
type of tortoise used for divination
On:
サイ
2319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai4
Korean:
chae, sal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

31818X Morohashi
5170 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-4-11 SKIP code
4490.1 Four corner code
1-72-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8521 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲンガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
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)
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

11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
cultivate, foster
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 培養 【バイヨウ】 culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth
  • 培植 【バイショク】 cultivation (of plants), culturing
  • 育成栽培 【イクセイサイバイ】 vegetable and fruit growing
  • 促成栽培 【ソクセイサイバイ】 forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.), artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 培う 【つちかう】 to cultivate, to foster

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pei2
Korean:
bae, bu

Spanish

  • cultivo
  • fomento
  • cultivar
  • fomentar

Portuguese

  • cultivar
  • alimentar

French

  • culture (plantes)
  • entretenir
1690 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1615 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1492 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1153 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1291 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1977 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1640 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
377 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
558 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
420 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
488 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5195 Morohashi
464 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 New Nelson (John Haig)
477 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
516 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1419 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4016.1 Four corner code
1-39-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57f9 Unicode hex code