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元 — Kanji · 4 strokes
beginning · former time · origin
- On
- ゲン · ガン
- Kun
- もと
Jōyō · elementary grade 2 #192 most frequent in newspapers
Words starting with 元
元origin · source · beginning元unknown (e.g. in an equation) · element (of a set) · yuan (monetary unit of China)元former · ex- · past元yuan (monetary unit of China)元Moto元首sovereign · ruler · head of state元気lively · full of spirit · energetic元日New Year's Day
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元年first year (of an imperial era) · year something (important) first happened or began元本principal · capital · income-producing assets元祖originator · pioneer · inventor元凶ringleader · main culprit · main cause元帥(field) marshal · (fleet) admiral · general of the army元来originally · essentially · naturally元禄Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)元素element · chemical element · (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)元金principal · capital · seed money元利principal and interest元手capital · funds · seed money元通りas before · as ever · as it was originally元帳ledger元締めmanager · controller · administrator元々 もともとoriginally · from the start · from the beginning
Words containing 元
地元home area · home town · local身元(one's) identity · background · upbringing足元at one's feet · underfoot · one's step (as in "watch your step")還元restoration · return · reduction次元dimension · perspective · point of reference手元at hand · on hand · nearby一元single element · unitary · one era根源root · source · origin
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中元15th day of the 7th lunar month · (last day of) Bon lantern festival · mid-year gift復元restoration (to the original state or location) · reconstruction · restitution一元化unification · centralization · centralisation原価cost price · purchase price · cost家元head of a school (of music, dance) · head family of a school紀元前pre-era · BC · BCE抗原antigen親元one's parents' home多元pluralism · diversity胸元breast · chest · pit of the stomach３次元 さんじげんthree dimensions · 3D · 3-D出版元publisher山元foot of a mountain · base of a mountain · mine二元duality · binary (system)版元publisher本元origin · main branch of family紀元era · CE (Common Era) · AD (Anno Domini)火元origin of a fire大本root · origin · source耳元close to the ear多元的pluralistic · plural蔵元brewery (sake, soy) · brewer · warehouse overseer襟元(around the) neck · nape · collar (at the front of a coat, kimono, etc.)二元論dualism窯元pottery (i.e. the place) · potter二次元two dimensions · fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.) · drawn国元one's home · hometown · native placeお中元mid-year gift · summer gift開発元developer (of software, video games, etc.)
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