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
- —水源地source (of a river, etc.)
- —点光源positional light source
- —桃源郷earthly paradise; Shangri-la
- —動力源source of power
- —水資源water resources
- —語源学(study of) etymology
- —策源地strategic base
- —震源地epicenter (of an earthquake); epicentre; source (of a rumor, incident, etc.); origin
- —省資源saving resources
- —栄養源source of nutrients
- —資金源source of funds; source of money
- —感染源source of infection
- —源氏名"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
- —源五郎diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
- —源項目source item
- —発信源source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
- —免疫源immunogen
- —発生源source; origin
- —起源説theory of origins; origin hypothesis
- —語源説etymological theory; etymology