EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    source (of a spring, etc.)

  2. source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring

Also written 原泉【げんせん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spring, fountain

Kun
いずみ
On
セン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1086 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

いずずいずみぜいぜん

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
3a5.33The Kanji Dictionary
2623.2Four corner code
842deroo
6cc9Unicode hex code
1-32-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3099Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3095New Nelson (John Haig)
2567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3176Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1636Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2224Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
133Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
140Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
902A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
965Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
915Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17274Morohashi
915A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1192Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1253Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
674Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
926henshall3
887Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
840Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1154Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
135Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
quan2Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level