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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
- —元型archetype (in Jungian theory)
- —元姓former surname; original surname
- —素元prime element
- —元朝Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty
- —零元zero element
- —逆元inverse element
- —黎元commoners; the masses
- —元宵night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
- —元夕night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
- —上元15th day of the 1st lunar month
- —下元15th day of the 10th lunar month
- —三元15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months; heaven, earth and man; January 1; New Year's Day; ternary
- —元期epoch
- —元曲yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama); Yuan drama
- —元代Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty
- —一元的monistic; unitary; unified; centralized; centralised
- —一元論monism
- —一次元one dimension
- —希元素rare element
- —紀元後post-era