EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    origin; beginning; source

    この民族の起源は神秘につつまれている。
    The origins of these people is shrouded in mystery.

Also written 起原【きげん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rouse, wake up, get up

Kun
お.きるお.こるお.こすおこ.すた.つ
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
374 of 2500
Radical
run
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-7-3SKIP code
3b7.11The Kanji Dictionary
4780.1Four corner code
1470deroo
8d77Unicode hex code
1-21-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4541Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5849New Nelson (John Haig)
3307New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4099Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2818Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
526Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
565Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
443A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1262Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
579Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37048Morohashi
250A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
373Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
374Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181sakade
256Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
268henshall3
352Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
246crowley
128Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1755Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
532Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi3Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani 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