Meaning
beginning · former time · origin
On'yomi
ガン · ゲン
Kun'yomi
もと
Common compounds (57)
- 足もと あしもとmost recent; current
- 身もと みもと(one's) character
- 手もと てもとgrip; handle
- 根元 こんげんroot; source; origin; cause
- 元気 げんきhealthy; well; fit; in good health
- 元々 もともとnone the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
- 復元 ふくげんrestoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
- 親もと おやもとone's parents' home
- 元兇 げんきょうmain cause; source
- 胸もと むなもとbreast; chest
- 元価 げんかcost price
- 元帥 げんすい(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army