元
元 — won
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 으뜸 원
- Romanization
- won
- English
- first; dollar; origin; head
- Mandarin
- yuán
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゲン, ガン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- もと
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #192 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 儿 (10, 2 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5143
Parts that make up 元
Korean example words with 元
- 원단元旦 Korean gloss: 설날 아침
- 원근元根 Korean gloss: 본디의 근본
- 원조元祖 Korean gloss: 첫 대의 조상
- 원년元年 Korean gloss: 나라를 세운 해
- 원공元功 Korean gloss: 으뜸 되는 큰 공
- 원기元氣 Korean gloss: 본디 타고난 기운
- 원화元火 Korean gloss: 용광로에 지핀 첫 불
- 원래元來 Korean gloss: 사물이 전하여 내려온 그 처음
- 기원紀元 Korean gloss: 새로운 출발이 되는 시대나 시기
- 원금元金 Korean gloss: ‘본전’을 전문적으로 이르는 말
- 원리元利 Korean gloss: 원금과 이자를 아울러 이르는 말
- 원흉元兇 Korean gloss: 못된 짓을 한 사람들의 우두머리
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 元
- 地元じもと home area; home town; local
- 元もと origin; source; beginning
- 元首げんしゅ sovereign; ruler; head of state
- 元気げんき lively; full of spirit; energetic
- 元日がんじつ New Year's Day
- 身元みもと (one's) identity; background; upbringing
- 足元あしもと at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")
- 還元かんげん restoration; return; reduction
- 元年がんねん first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
- 次元じげん dimension; perspective; point of reference
- 手元てもと at hand; on hand; nearby
- 一元いちげん single element; unitary; one era
Other hanja read “원”
Other hanja with radical 儿
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