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JLPT N1 Grade 6 source

📖 English Meaning

beginning, source, wellspring, head

Pronunciation
Hiragana:
みなもと げん はじめ みなと
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Romaji:
minamoto gen hajime minato
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On'yomi:
ゲン
Kun'yomi:
みなもと
Character Meanings
spring; source, head; surname
Radical
水 氵 氺
みず・したみず・さんずい
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Compound Words with 源
源々 げんげん
源一 げんいち、もとかず
源一郎 げんいちろう
源七 げんしち
源七郎 げんしちろう
源三 げんぞう
源三位 げんさんみ
源三位頼政 げんざんみよりまさ
Related Words
源泉 wellspring, head
源泉課税 withholding
源流 font, beginning, headstream
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