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Kanji Detail for 源 - "source, spring, root"

源

  • Meaning

    源 means "source, spring, root."

    1. Source - The origin; the beginning.

    2. Spring - A water source; a fountain.

    3. Root - The fundamental cause; the basis.

    4. Genji - The Minamoto clan.

  • Words using 源

    • 財源 ざいげん Listen source of funds; resources; finances
    • 資源 しげん Listen resources
    • 震源 しんげん Listen hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus
    • 電源 でんげん Listen source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
    • 根源 こんげん Listen root; source; origin
    • 源氏 げんじ Listen Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
    • 資源エネルギー庁 しげんエネルギーちょう Listen Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
    • 水源 すいげん Listen source of river; fountainhead

  • Four-character idioms with 源

    • 医食同源 いしょくどうげん Listen a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness
    • 抜本塞源 ばっぽんそくげん Listen eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil
    • 武陵桃源 ぶりょうとうげん Listen earthly paradise; Shangri-la

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    • Verified meaning: source, spring, root
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, げん, げんじ, さちえ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 源

    Given names 源(あつし)Listen 源(はじめ)Listen 源(みなと)Listen

    Surnames 源(げん)Listen 源(げんじ)Listen 源(さちえ)Listen 源(さちこ)Listen 源(さちみ)Listen 源(はじむ)Listen 源(みなもと)Listen 源(みなもとの)Listen 源(もと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    source; origin

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spring; source, head; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    root; source; origin

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    spring; source, root, head; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The place where a water spring originates. As in 源頭活水 (living water from the source). | Continuing without end is called 源源. (Mencius) "Thus they come continuously."

  • Onyomi

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    gen(ゲン) ゲン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    minamoto(みなもと) みなもと

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    source spring root origin ancestry base basis beginning birthplace derivation foundation fountain fundamental genesis heritage inception lineage provenance

Sentences including 源

  • This word is also french in origin.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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