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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
- —微量元素trace element; micronutrient
- —多元放送broadcast originating from multiple locations
- —元気づくto get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
- —単元制度unit credit system
- —主要諸元salient points
- —復元作業restoration; restoration (restorative) work
- —元気旺盛brimming with vitality; full of vigor; full of life
- —白紙還元being returned (sent back) to the drawing board
- —一世一元the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor
- —超重元素transuranium element; transuranic element; super heavy element
- —一元管理centralized management; integrated management; central control
- —国家元首head of a state
- —昭和元禄the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
- —元素記号chemical symbol (e.g. H for hydrogen); element symbol
- —遷移元素transition element; transition metal
- —人工元素synthetic element
- —還元分裂meiosis
- —濃縮還元(of juice, etc.) "from concentrate"
- —四大元素the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
- —小長元坊merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk