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源 kanji — Source, Origin | JLPT N1 · Nihongo Circle

源

Source, Origin

13 strokes

N1

On readings 音読み

げん

Kun readings 訓読み

みなもと

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Words using 源

資源しげんresourcesN3 起源きげんoriginN3 財源ざいげんsource of fundsN1 水源すいげんsource of riverN1 語源ごげんword rootN1 電源でんげんsource of electricityN1 源みなもとsourceN1 源流げんりゅうsource (e.g. of a river)源泉げんせんsource (of a spring, etc.)根源こんげんroot 震源しんげんhypocentre (of an earthquake)源氏げんじGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)

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