元号 (げんごう) — name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa), Japanese era name | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei Shōwa) and Japanese era name

Practice Writing

Character: 1/2

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa), Japanese era name

元

beginning, former time, origin

もと, ゲン, ガン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

兀

high & level, lofty, bald...

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

儿

( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

号

nickname, number, item...

さけ.ぶ, よびな, ゴウ

口

くち, コウ, ク

丂

obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters

さまた.げられる, コウ

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