Kanji Course
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Section 18
元
Meaning:
In Japanese, 元 means “original”.
How to read it:
| Kunyomi | もと |
| Onyomi | げん、がん |
How to write it:
Origin:
You can see a man who has no hair.
We didn’t have hair when we came to this world.
So it’s the original.
So 元 stands for “original”.
Development:
Vocabulary:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 元気 | げんき | energy |
| Inter | 元 | もと | before |
| Inter | 元々 | もともと | originally |
| Inter | 地元 | じもと | local |
| Inter | 足元 | あしもと | foot |
| Inter | 次元 | じげん | dimension |
| Inter | 手元 | てもと | at hand |
| Inter | 元年 | がんねん | first year |
| Adv | 紀元 | きげん | A.D. |
| Adv | 復元 | ふくげん | restoration |
| Adv | 還元 | かんげん | reduction |
| Adv | 元来 | がんらい | originally |
| Adv | 根元 | ねもと | root |
| Adv | 口元 | くちもと | mouth |
| Adv | 一元 | いちげん | unified |
| Adv | 身元 | みもと | identity |
| Adv | 元素 | げんそ | element |
| Adv | 枕元 | まくらもと | bedside |
| H_Adv | 耳元 | みみもと | about one's ears |
| H_Adv | 胸元 | むなもと | chest |
| H_Adv | 元本 | がんぽん | principal |
| H_Adv | 多元 | たげん | plural |
| H_Adv | 二元 | にげん | dual |
| H_Adv | 元凶 | げんきょう | cause |
| H_Adv | 目元 | めもと | eye area |
| S_Adv | 元祖 | がんそ | originator |
| S_Adv | 元老 | げんろう | senior |
| S_Adv | 膝元 | ひざもと | knee |
| S_Adv | 元服 | げんぷく | original clothes |
| S_Adv | 親元 | おやもと | parent |
| S_Adv | 元通り | もとどおり | as before |
| S_Adv | 元首 | げんしゅ | head of state |
| S_Adv | 襟元 | えりもと | collar |
| Others | 元金 | がんきん | principal |
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