元 beginning
Also: former Time, origin
- On'yomi
- ゲン、ガン
- Kun'yomi
- もと
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 2
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Remember it
Two (二) short lines make a head on top of a pair of legs (儿) — a person standing at their origin, the beginning.
A common word
- 元気 げんき healthy; energetic
Example sentences
お元気ですか。
おげんきですか。
How are you?
元気な子どもが公園で遊んでいます。
げんきなこどもがこうえんであそんでいます。
Energetic children are playing in the park.
Kanji that share a part
二 is its radical. 15 kanji share it in all.
- 五 five
- 半 half
- 表 surface
- 発 departure
- 互 mutually N3
- 汚 dirty N2
- 井 well N1
- 仁 humanity N1
儿 is a component. 17 kanji share it in all.
- 四 four
- 先 previous
- 見 see
- 兄 older brother
- 売 sell
- 発 departure
- 匹 counter for animals N2
- 兆 portent N2