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Source Water Origin Power Word Meadow 源 ゲン

Kanji
Onyomi ゲン
Kunyomi みなもと
Nanori はら, みな, もと
English source, origin
Examples 資源(しげん): resources
源(みなもと): source; origin
電源(でんげん): (1) source of electricity; electrical power (2) power (button on TV, etc.)
起源(きげん): origin; beginning; rise
語源(ごげん): word root; word derivation; etymology
財源(ざいげん): source of funds; resources; finances
水源(すいげん): source of river; fountainhead
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 738
Components 水: water
原: meadow; original; primitive; field; plain; prairie; tundra; wilderness
Number of Strokes 13
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 85
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword source
Koohii Story 1 The water that flows from the meadow is the source of life for the wild antelope.
Koohii Story 2 The source of clean water is from the meadow (#134): it comes from that spring at the bottom of the cliff. Pay no attention to Julie Andrews lying face down in spring. The water´s clean. Trust me.
RTK Index 142

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq501-750

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