ちか
ゲン, ガン, もと, はじめ, はる, ゆき, よし
beginning, former time, origin

This kanji has 4 strokes: 2 in the "two" radical (に) and 2 other strokes.

Sample compounds (44) :


  1. いちげん
    (a-no) unitary

  2. がんざん
    New Year's Day, January 1 to 3

  3. げんあく
    head gangster

  4. ちゅうげん
    15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, Bon gifts

  5. おちゅうげん
    Bon festival gifts

  6. げんすい
    (field) marshal, (fleet) admiral, general of the army

  7. たんげん
    teaching unit

  8. がんねん
    first year (of a specific reign)

  9. がんらい
    originally, primarily, essentially, logically, naturally

  10. もともと
    originally, by nature, from the start

  11. もともと
    originally, by nature, from the start

  12. もとね
    cost

  13. げんぐん
    the Mongol forces

  14. じげん
    dimension

  15. げんきょう
    ringleader

  16. くちもと
    the mouth, shape of the mouth, near an entrance

  17. じもと
    local

  18. いえもと
    head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school

  19. げんこう
    the Mongol Invasion

  20. もとかた
    capitalist, wholesaler

  21. もとせん
    stopcock (gas, water)

  22. ねもと
    origin, source, foundation, root, base, principle

  23. げんぴょう
    zero milestone

  24. げんき
    (an) health(y), robust, vigor, energy, vitality, vim, stamina, spirit, courage, pep

  25. ゆもと
    source of a hot spring

  26. はんもと
    publisher

  27. げんり
    principal and interest

  28. きげん
    era, A.D.

  29. げんそ
    chemical element

  30. もとじめ
    manager, boss, promoter

  31. みみもとで
    close to one's ears

  32. げんぷく
    ceremony of attaining manhood

  33. どうもと
    bookmaker (in gambling), manager

  34. げんちょう
    New Year's morning

  35. こしもと
    chamber maid, female servant

  36. えりもと
    front of neck

  37. おやもと
    one's parents, one's home

  38. しょげん
    various factors or elements

  39. あしもと
    at one's feet, gait, pace, step

  40. みもと
    person's identity, ID, past, background

  41. もとごめ
    breech-loading

  42. もときん
    capital, principal

  43. げんしゅ
    ruler, sovereign

  44. はなもと
    root of the nose
Kanji Character : 元
Kuten Encoding : 2421
SJIS Encoding : 3835
Unicode Encoding : 5143
Old Nelson Index : 275
Radical Number : 7
Classical Radical Number : 10
Frequency Ranking : 356
Gakken Index : 328
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 1929
Heisig Index : 59
Henshall Index : 106
New Nelson Index : 343
O'Neil Index : 60
Stroke Count : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 0a4.5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 0
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 137
SKIP Code : 2-1-3
De Roo Code : 3057
Four Corner Code : 1021.1
Korean reading : weon
Pinyin reading : yuan2
Morohashi Index String : 1340
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0973
Morohashi Index Number : 1340
Morohashi Page : 973
Morohashi Volume : 1
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3057
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