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ๅ…ƒ
JLPT N4 SL2 4 strokes Frequency: #192

Meanings

Beginning, Former Time, Origin

Radicals

ๅ„ฟ

Decomposition

โฟฑไบŒๅ„ฟ

Etymology

Pictographic: A man ๅ„ฟย with two lines emphasizing their head ไบŒ

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 diagonal right-to-left
4 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ใ‚ฒใƒณ gen
ใ‚ฌใƒณ gan
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใ‚‚ใจ moto

Words Using This Kanji

400 words total
Other (20 words)
ๅ…ƒๅผ˜ใฎๅค‰ ใ’ใ‚“ใ“ใ†ใฎใธใ‚“

Genkล Incident (1331-1333)

ๅ…ƒๅผ˜ใฎไนฑ ใ’ใ‚“ใ“ใ†ใฎใ‚‰ใ‚“

Genkล War (1331-1333)

ไปๆป…็ด€ๅ…ƒ ใถใคใ‚ใคใใ’ใ‚“

Buddhist calendar

ไธ‹ๅ…ƒ ใ‹ใ’ใ‚“

15th day of the 10th lunar month

ไธŠๅ…ƒ ใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†ใ’ใ‚“

15th day of the 1st lunar month

ไธ‰ๅ…ƒ ใ•ใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“

15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months

ๅฐๆนพๅ…ƒ ใŸใ„ใ‚ใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“

New Taiwan dollar

่ถณๅ…ƒใ‹ใ‚‰้ณฅใŒ็ซ‹ใค ใ‚ใ—ใ‚‚ใจใ‹ใ‚‰ใจใ‚ŠใŒใŸใค

for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to)

ๅ…ƒๅง‹ๅคฉๅฐŠ ใ’ใ‚“ใ—ใฆใ‚“ใใ‚“

Yuanshi Tianzun (one of the supreme divinities of Taoism)

ๅ…ƒๆœŸ ใ’ใ‚“ใ

epoch

ๅ…ƒๅซ ใ‚‚ใจใ‚ˆใ‚

(one's) ex-wife

ใ‚ญใƒชใ‚นใƒˆ็ด€ๅ…ƒ ใ‚ญใƒชใ‚นใƒˆใใ’ใ‚“

Christian Era

ใƒžๅ…ƒๅธฅ ใƒžใ’ใ‚“ใ™ใ„

General Douglas MacArthur

้ขจ้‚ชใฏไธ‡็—…ใฎๅ…ƒ ใ‹ใœใฏใพใ‚“ใณใ‚‡ใ†ใฎใ‚‚ใจ

a cold can lead to all sorts of illnesses

ๅ…ƒๅคง็ตฑ้ ˜ ใ‚‚ใจใ ใ„ใจใ†ใ‚Šใ‚‡ใ†

former president

ๅ…ƒๆฐ—ใƒขใƒชใƒขใƒช ใ’ใ‚“ใใƒขใƒชใƒขใƒช

full of energy

ๅผ•็”จๅ…ƒ ใ„ใ‚“ใ‚ˆใ†ใ‚‚ใจ

quotation source

่ฒธๅ…ƒใŒใ‚บใƒซใ„ ใ‹ใ—ใ‚‚ใจใŒใ‚บใƒซใ„

wanton (of a woman)

ๅ…ƒๅทๆณ• ใ’ใ‚“ใ”ใ†ใปใ†

Era Name Act

ๅ…ƒใฏใจ่จ€ใˆใฐ ใ‚‚ใจใฏใจใ„ใˆใฐ

when it comes to the cause