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
- —遡源going to the source; tracing to the origin
- —同源same origin
- —源平Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
- —淵源origin
- —給源supply source
- —税源tax source; source of taxation revenue; taxable item
- —桃源earthly paradise; Shangri-la
- —塞源blockage of a source
- —熱源heat source
- —法源(a) source of law
- —線源source of radiation; radiation source
- —罪源substance of a sin; source of a sin
- —発源source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; rise
- —源頭river source; source of a river; cause; root
- —源語The Tale of Genji
- —成源Seigen
- —汚染源source of pollution
- —供給源source of supply
- —収入源source of income
- —情報源source of information; intelligence source; message source