Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: source, origin

Kunyomi: みなもと

Onyomi: ゲン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

泉(げんせん)   source

氏物語(げんじものがたり)   the Tale of the Genji

平合戦(げんぺいがっせん)   battle b/t Genji & Heike clans

(こんげん)   root, source, origin

(きげん)   origin, beginning

(ごげん)   word root, etymology

(しげん)   natural resources

(ざいげん)   financial resources

(しんげん)   epicenter (of earthquake)

栄養(えいようげん)   source of nutrients

(みなもと)   source, origin

Onyomi Examples

ゲン source, origin

ゲンジ Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari), the Minamoto family

シンゲン hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter

ザイゲン source of funds, resources, finances

Kunyomi Examples

みなもと source (of a river), fountainhead, source, origin, root

河の かわのみなもと fountainhead