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JLPT N4 kanji · Chapter 8

元 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

origin; former

On: ゲンgen ガンgan
Kun: もとmoto はじめhajime

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

元4 strokes

How to write 元: stroke order

元 has 4 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

元 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 元 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 元

The parts 元 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

二
two
儿 (八)
eight
Radical

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