Characters in this word

2
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beginning, former time, origin

Kun
もと
On
ゲンガン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
192 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ちかはじめはるゆきよし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-3SKIP code
0a4.5The Kanji Dictionary
1021.1Four corner code
3057deroo
5143Unicode hex code
1-24-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
275Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
343New Nelson (John Haig)
1929New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2428Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
60Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
106Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340Morohashi
106A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68sakade
121Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117henshall3
89Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
408crowley
245Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
141Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
59Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yuan2Pinyin reading
weonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
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ancestor, pioneer, founder

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1226 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
3721.0Four corner code
673deroo
7956Unicode hex code
1-33-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3243Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4083New Nelson (John Haig)
914New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
850Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24664PMorohashi
736A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657sakade
772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
758henshall3
701Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
824Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1795Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level