| 4727 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1989 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4040 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2785 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 39048X | Morohashi |
| 3257 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6094 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2847 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遡河魚 【ソカギョ】 anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
- 遡求 【ソキュウ】 redemption, recourse
- 遡源 【サクゲン】 going to the source, tracing to the origin
Kun reading compounds
- 遡る 【さかのぼる】 to go upstream, to go up (a river), to go back (to the past or origin), to date back (to), to trace back (to), to be retroactive (to)
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- río arriba
- ir río arriba
- ir hacia atrás
- volver sobre sus pasos
Portuguese
French
| 3a10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 3730.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9061 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |