Kanji1 / 4
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
- —諸元表specification table; specification sheet
- —冪零元nilpotent element
- —異次元different dimension
- —次元数rank
- —原始元primitive element (of a finite field)
- —高次元high dimension; higher dimensions
- —元気印symbol of vitality; vibrant presence; being renowned for activeness
- —還元剤reducing agent; reductant
- —重元素heavy element
- —還元鉄reduced iron
- —別次元another dimension; different level; whole other level
- —還元糖reducing sugar
- —大三元big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles
- —小三元little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon
- —白隠元white kidney bean
- —元宵節lantern festival, held on the night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
- —四元数quaternion
- —八元数octonion
- —不定元indeterminate
- —二元性duality; dualism