Kanji
N4 4 strokes Grade 2 freq #192

beginning, former time, origin

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

legs hitoashi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

sovereign; ruler
lively; full of spirit
New Year's Day
restoration; return
first year (of an imperial era)
dimension
single element; unitary
principal; capital
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

home area; home town
(one's) identity; background
at one's feet; underfoot
at hand; on hand
head of a school (of music, dance); head family of a school
one's parents' home

Example sentences

Local people wouldn't be caught dead here.

These goods may not be available locally.

He is poor, but he is in high spirits.

He is active although he is very old.