Meaning
origin · source
On'yomi
ゲン
Kun'yomi
みなもと
Common compounds (22)
- 根元 こんげんroot; source; origin; cause
- 起原 きげんorigin; beginning; source; rise
- 原泉 げんせんsource (of a spring, etc.)
- 語原 ごげんorigin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
- 資源 しげんresources
- 財源 ざいげんsource of funds; resources; finances
- 震源 しんげんhypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
- 電源 でんげんpower (button on TV, etc.)
- 病原菌 びょうげんきんpathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
- 源氏 げんじGenji (the character in the Genji Monogatari)
- 資源エネルギー庁 しげんエネルギーちょうAgency of Natural Resources and Energy
- 水源 すいげんsource of river; fountainhead