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元 kanji
beginning, former time, origin
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲンガン
Kun readings
もと
Words with 元
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5元気Popularlively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited; healthy; well; fit; in good health
- N1還元Popularrestoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization; deoxidation
- N1元首Popularsovereign; ruler; head of state
- N1元素Popularelement; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); origin; source
- —一元Popularsingle element; unitary; one era; one unknown
- —紀元Popularera; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
- —元号Popularname of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
- —元帥Popular(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
- —元老Popularelder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority; genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
- —元禄PopularGenroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
- —次元Populardimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
- —中元Popular15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
- —復元Popularrestoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
- —元凶Popularringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
- —一元化Popularunification; centralization; centralisation
- —紀元前Popularpre-era; BC; BCE
- —お中元Popularmid-year gift; summer gift
- —３次元Popularthree dimensions; 3D; 3-D; real world; IRL; in real life
- —多元的Popularpluralistic; plural
- —人民元Popularrenminbi (currency of China); Chinese yuan