Memory phrase for the Kanji: 元

元

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Meaning origin, source

Pronunciation

GEN, GAN
moto

Explanation

Top: two 二, bottom: legs 儿

Mnemonic
 
Two legs have the same origin.

Radicals

元 origin, source
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 Vocabulary

 元  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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