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
- —電源投入power-up
- —平行光源directional light source
- —交流電源alternator; AC generator
- —税源移譲transfer of tax revenue sources (e.g. to local governments)
- —震源断層earthquake source fault
- —震源距離hypocentral distance
- —外部電源external power source; external power supply
- —源五郎鮒Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp
- —電源異常power failure
- —石油資源oil resources; petroleum resources
- —資源開発resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)
- —標準光源standard candle; standard light source
- —再資源化recycling; resource recovery
- —水源涵養headwater conservation; water source protection; water source cultivation
- —薬食同源proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles
- —蜜源植物bee plant; honey plant
- —電源喪失loss of power; power outage; blackout
- —医療資源medical resources; health resources
- —源平藤橘the Genji, Heike, Fujiwara and Tachibana clans
- —民間語源folk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymology