源
源

source, origin

13 strokesFrequency 738JLPT N1Grade 6

On

ゲン

Kun

みなもと

Nanori

はらみなもと

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

source

Constituents

厂cliff
?water droplets
?water pistol
原meadow
小little
小small
日day
日sun
水water

Mnemonic Stories

Water that flows through the meadow is the source of life for wild animals.

He found the source of the goblin infestation: a fetid water spring bubbling up in a dark, dying meadow.

Dictionary

Common Words

源みなもとNounFreq #6784
1

source (of a river); fountainhead

2

source; origin; root

電源でんげんNounFreq #7559
1

source of electricity; electrical power

2

power (button on TV, etc.)

Examples
回路を調べる前に、電源のスイッチを切りなさい。
You must switch off the power before checking the circuit.
資源しげんNounFreq #11815
1

resources

Examples
海は各種の資源を与えてくれる。
The ocean affords various kinds of resources.
根源根原根元こんげんNounFreq #12852
1

root; source; origin; cause

Examples
金は諸悪の根源。
Money is the root of all evil.
源げんSuffixFreq #16306
1

source; origin

Examples
良い新聞記者は、どんなニュース源からも、つまり、出所不明型のニュース源からも、学びとれるものはなんでも利用する。
A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.
起源起原きげんNounFreq #18451
1

origin; beginning; source

Examples
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.
光源こうげんNounFreq #19360
1

light source

Examples
では、CGを作る場合はどのように光源を使用すればよいのであろうか。
Then, when you're making CG, how should you use light sources?
情報源情報元じょうほうげんNounFreq #20720
1

source of information; intelligence source

Examples
記者はその情報源を明かすことを拒んだ。
The reporter refused to name his sources.
2

Computing

message source

源泉げんせん原泉NounFreq #21605
1

source (of a spring, etc.)

2

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

発生源はっせいげんNounFreq #22360
1

source; origin

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