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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
- —安元Angen era (1175.7.28-1177.8.4)
- —元暦Genryaku era (1184.4.16-1185.8.14)
- —元久Genkyū era (1204.2.20-1206.4.27)
- —承元Jōgen era (1207.10.25-1211.3.9); Shōgen era
- —元仁Gennin era (1224.11.20-1225.4.20)
- —寛元Kangen era (1243.2.26-1247.2.28)
- —康元Kōgen era (1256.10.5-1257.3.14)
- —正元Shōgen era (1259.3.26-1260.4.13)
- —乾元Kengen era (1302.11.21-1303.8.5)
- —嘉元Kagen era (1303.8.5-1306.12.14)
- —元応Gen'ō era (1319.4.28-1321.2.23)
- —元亨Genkō era (1321.2.23-1324.12.9)
- —元徳Gentoku era (1329.8.29-1331.8.9)
- —元弘Genkō era (1331.8.9-1334.1.29)
- —延元Engen era (of the Southern Court; 1336.2.29-1340.4.28)
- —元中Genchū era (of the Southern Court; 1384.4.28-1392.10.5)
- —元亀Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)
- —元和Genna era (1615.7.13-1624.2.30); Genwa era
- —元文Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)
- —元治Genji era (1864.2.20-1865.4.7)