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元 = 二 + 儿

元 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “beginning”. It is built from 二 (two) and 儿 (human legs). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 63. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword

beginning

RTK frame

63

Strokes

4

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ゲン, ガン

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

もと

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

начало, beginnings, origin

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

元 first

Decomposition

Characters that contain 元

• 頑 stubborn
• 完 perfect
• 玩 toy
• 冠 crown
• 翫 fiddle with

How to find 元 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “two” + “human legs”. 元 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 元 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.