Kanji1 / 13
源 kanji
source, origin
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲン
Kun readings
みなもと
Variant forms
厵Words with 源
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3資源Popularresources
- N1語源Popularorigin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
- N1財源Popularsource of funds; resources; finances
- N1水源Popularsource of river; fountainhead
- N1電源Popularsource of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
- N1起源Popularorigin; beginning; source
- —源泉Popularsource (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
- —源流Popularsource (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
- —根源Popularroot; source; origin; cause
- —震源Popularhypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
- —源氏PopularGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
- —電源開発Populardevelopment of electrical power resources
- —電源ケーブルPopularpower cable; power lead
- —資源エネルギー庁PopularAgency of Natural Resources and Energy
- —源source; origin
- —音源sound source; sound generator; tone generator; audio; audio file; recording
- —禍源source of misfortune
- —光源light source
- —字源origin of a character; composition of a Chinese character; Chinese character from which a kana character is derived
- —本源origin; root; cause; principle