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Kanji for Source
The kanji for “source” is 源, read gen and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
source
A source or origin, like a spring where a river begins.
The Minamoto (源) clan produced Japan's first shōgun.
13 strokes On reading ゲン (gen) Kun reading みなもと (minamoto) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: source, origin
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gen, moto
In Japan it appears in about 193 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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