げん
Meanings
Noun
Chemistry
1. element; chemical element
2. (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire)
3. origin; source
Kanji used
origin
elementary
Pitch accent
んそ
Top 26100
Composed of
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
plain, white silk; prime
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
chemical symbol (e.g. H for hydrogen); element symbol
trace element; micronutrient
Examples (3 in total)
Iron and oxygen are elements.
Iridium is one of the rarest elements.
They believed that it must be a new element.