Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: beginning, former time, origin
Kunyomi: もと
Onyomi: ゲン ガン
Composition: 二 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
元気な（げんきな） energetic
紀元前（きげんぜん） B.C.E.
三次元（さんじげん） 3 dimensions
元祖（がんそ） founder, inventor
元年（がんねん） first year (of a specific reign)
製造元（せいぞうもと） manufacturer
地元（じもと） local
身元（みもと） person's identity
元 （ゲン） unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
原価 （ゲンカ） cost price
中元 （チュウゲン） 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
抗原 （コウゲン） antigen
元日 （ガンジツ） New Year's Day
元凶 （ゲンキョウ） ringleader, main culprit, main cause, source
元 （もと） origin, source, base, basis, foundation, root, cause, ingredient, material, base, mix, stock, (someone's) side, (someone's) location, original cost (or capital, principal, etc.), (plant) root, (tree) trunk, first section of a waka, counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry), handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.), grip
元 （もと） former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
家元 （いえもと） head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
胸元 （むなもと） breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2
JLPT level: N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: beginning, former time, origin
Kunyomi: もと
Onyomi: ゲン ガン
Composition: 二 儿
Radical: 儿
Reading: ひとあし
Meaning: legs
Strokes: 2
元気な（げんきな） energetic
紀元前（きげんぜん） B.C.E.
三次元（さんじげん） 3 dimensions
元祖（がんそ） founder, inventor
元年（がんねん） first year (of a specific reign)
製造元（せいぞうもと） manufacturer
地元（じもと） local
身元（みもと） person's identity
元 （ゲン） unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
原価 （ゲンカ） cost price
中元 （チュウゲン） 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
抗原 （コウゲン） antigen
元日 （ガンジツ） New Year's Day
元凶 （ゲンキョウ） ringleader, main culprit, main cause, source
元 （もと） origin, source, base, basis, foundation, root, cause, ingredient, material, base, mix, stock, (someone's) side, (someone's) location, original cost (or capital, principal, etc.), (plant) root, (tree) trunk, first section of a waka, counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry), handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.), grip
元 （もと） former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
家元 （いえもと） head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
胸元 （むなもと） breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium