EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    root; source; origin; cause

    金は諸悪の根源。
    Money is the root of all evil.

Also written 根原【こんげん】根元【こんげん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

root, radical, head (pimple)

Kun
-ね
On
コン
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
620 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-6SKIP code
4a6.5The Kanji Dictionary
4793.2Four corner code
1865deroo
6839Unicode hex code
1-26-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2261Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2670New Nelson (John Haig)
930New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1167Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1461Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1571Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
535A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1372Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
425Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14745Morohashi
282A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
314Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216sakade
632Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
298henshall3
355Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
390crowley
974Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1092Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1473Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gen1Pinyin reading
geunKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

source, origin

Kun
みなもと
On
ゲン
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
738 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Used in names as

はらみなもと

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-10SKIP code
3a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
3119.6Four corner code
341deroo
6e90Unicode hex code
1-24-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2656Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3274New Nelson (John Haig)
656New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
806Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
470Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
153Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
827A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1863Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
893Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17926Morohashi
853A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
580Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
589Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1486Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
864henshall3
958Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
854Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1231Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
144Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level