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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)
ๆ‰‹ๅ…ƒไพ›้คŠ ใฆใ‚‚ใจใใ‚ˆใ†

keeping (part of) a person's ashes in one's home or inside a pendant, etc.

ๅ…ƒ็ท็† ใ‚‚ใจใใ†ใ‚Š

former prime minister

ๅœฐๅ…ƒใƒกใƒ‡ใ‚ฃใ‚ข ใ˜ใ‚‚ใจใƒกใƒ‡ใ‚ฃใ‚ข

local media

ๆฐดๅ…ƒ่‰ ใฟใคใ‚‚ใจใใ†

Potentilla cryptotaeniae (species of flowering plant)

ๅ˜ๅ…ƒ่ซ– ใŸใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“ใ‚ใ‚“

singularism

ๅ…ƒไปฃ ใ’ใ‚“ใ ใ„

Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368)

ๆไพ›ๅ…ƒ ใฆใ„ใใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚‚ใจ

original source

็•ฐๆฌกๅ…ƒ็ทฉๅ’Œ ใ„ใ˜ใ’ใ‚“ใ‹ใ‚“ใ‚

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

ไธ€ๅ…ƒๅฝข็ถ™้›ปๅ™จ ใ„ใกใ’ใ‚“ใŒใŸใ‘ใ„ใงใ‚“ใ

single-element relay

ๅ…ƒใ‹ใ‚‰ ใ‚‚ใจใ‹ใ‚‰

originally

ไธ€ๅ…ƒๆๅ†™ ใ„ใกใ’ใ‚“ใณใ‚‡ใ†ใ—ใ‚ƒ

description from one perspective

้‚„ๅ…ƒ็‚Ž ใ‹ใ‚“ใ’ใ‚“ใˆใ‚“

reducing flame

ๅฃๅ…ƒใŒ็ทฉใ‚€ ใใกใ‚‚ใจใŒใ‚†ใ‚‹ใ‚€

to smile

ไบบ้กž็ด€ๅ…ƒ ใ˜ใ‚“ใ‚‹ใ„ใใ’ใ‚“

Holocene Era (calendar year numbering system)

ๅคšๅ…ƒๅฎ‡ๅฎ™ ใŸใ’ใ‚“ใ†ใกใ‚…ใ†

multiverse

็ฅž็ตŒๅ…ƒ ใ—ใ‚“ใ‘ใ„ใ’ใ‚“

neuron

ๆ‰‹ๅ…ƒใซๅฑŠใ ใฆใ‚‚ใจใซใจใฉใ

to arrive (of a thing; to someone)

็จ€ๆœ‰ๅ…ƒ็ด  ใใ‚†ใ†ใ’ใ‚“ใ

rare element

ๅ‡บ่ทๅ…ƒ ใ—ใ‚…ใฃใ‹ใ‚‚ใจ

shipper

ๅธŒๅฐ‘ๅ…ƒ็ด  ใใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ’ใ‚“ใ

rare element