Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 元


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Meaning

origin, source

Pronunciation

GEN, GAN
moto

Explanation

Top: two , bottom: legs

Mnemonic

Two legs have the same origin.

Radicals

origin, source
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Vocabulary

もと origin, original, former
元日 がんじつ New Years Day
元気 げんき health(y),vigor, energy, vitality, spirit
紀元前 きげんぜん pre-era, BC (before Christ)
元年 がんねん first year (of a specific reign)
元素 げんそ chemical element
地元 じもと local
元々 もともと originally, by nature, from the start
元来 がんらい originally, primarily, essentially, logically, naturally

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