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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…ƒใซๆˆปใ‚‹ ใ‚‚ใจใซใ‚‚ใฉใ‚‹

to return to normal

่ถณๅ…ƒใฎๆ˜Žใ‚‹ใ„ใ†ใกใซ ใ‚ใ—ใ‚‚ใจใฎใ‚ใ‹ใ‚‹ใ„ใ†ใกใซ

while it is light

่ถณๅ…ƒใซใคใ‘่พผใ‚€ ใ‚ใ—ใ‚‚ใจใซใคใ‘ใ“ใ‚€

to take advantage (of another's weakness)

่ฟซๅ…ƒ ใ›ใ‚Šใ‚‚ใจ

chaptrel

ๅˆฉ็›Š้‚„ๅ…ƒ ใ‚Šใˆใใ‹ใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“

returning profits to customers

่ถณๅ…ƒใซ็ซใŒไป˜ใ ใ‚ใ—ใ‚‚ใจใซใฒใŒใคใ

to be in imminent peril

ๅพฉๅ…ƒๅ“ ใตใใ’ใ‚“ใฒใ‚“

reproduction

ๅ››ๆฌกๅ…ƒใƒใ‚ฑใƒƒใƒˆ ใ‚ˆใ˜ใ’ใ‚“ใƒใ‚ฑใƒƒใƒˆ

4D pocket

ๅ…ƒๆ—ฆ้‚ฃ ใ‚‚ใจใ ใ‚“ใช

ex-husband

ๅ…ƒๆ›ฒ ใ’ใ‚“ใใ‚‡ใ

yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama)

ๅ…ƒๆฐ—ใงใญ ใ’ใ‚“ใใงใญ

take care

ๅ…ƒ็ซ‹ใก ใ‚‚ใจใ ใก

receiver (of an attack during kendo practice)

ๆ นๅ…ƒ ใญใ‚‚ใจ

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.)

ๅ…ƒ่‚ฅ ใ‚‚ใจใ”ใˆ

basal fertilizer

ใƒ‡ใ‚ธใ‚ฟใƒซไบบๆฐ‘ๅ…ƒ ใƒ‡ใ‚ธใ‚ฟใƒซใ˜ใ‚“ใฟใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“

digital renminbi

ๅนผไฟไธ€ๅ…ƒ ใ‚ˆใ†ใปใ„ใกใ’ใ‚“

administrative unification of day-care centers and kindergartens

ไบŒๆฌกๅ…ƒใƒใƒผใ‚ณใƒผใƒ‰ ใซใ˜ใ’ใ‚“ใƒใƒผใ‚ณใƒผใƒ‰

2D barcode

ไบŒๆฌกๅ…ƒใ‚ณใƒผใƒ‰ ใซใ˜ใ’ใ‚“ใ‚ณใƒผใƒ‰

2D barcode (e.g. QR code)

็•ฐๆฌกๅ…ƒใฎ้‡‘่ž็ทฉๅ’Œ ใ„ใ˜ใ’ใ‚“ใฎใใ‚“ใ‚†ใ†ใ‹ใ‚“ใ‚

unprecedented monetary easing (by the Bank of Japan in 2013)

ๅ…ƒ็ฎฑ ใ‚‚ใจใฐใ“

original box (that a product came in)