The kanji 源: meaning, readings and stroke order
源
- Meaning
- source, origin
- On reading
- ゲン gen
- Kun reading
- みなもと minamoto
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nguồn (nguyên)
- Japanese
- みなもと。もとに なる もの。
- Korean
- 근원, 원천 (원)
- Chinese
- 源头、来源
Readings, words and example sentences
ゲン gen · on reading
資源
natural resources
大切な 資源を 守ります。
We protect our precious resources.
みなもと minamoto · kun reading
源
source (of a river)
山を 登って 川の 源を さがします。
We climb the mountain to look for where the river begins.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.