姓名判断 · fortune-checked kanji
Gen in Japanese Kanji
Gen → ゲン → 元
元
Stroke total 5 — Great fortune (Daikichi)
“Harmony of yin and yang — blessed with health and prosperity.”
This is not a random conversion. Every kanji below is genuinely used in Japanese names, and this combination was selected because its stroke total lands on a lucky number under seimei handan (姓名判断) — the traditional check Japanese families use.
What each kanji means
元origin; foundation4 strokes
Origin, foundation — the 元 of 元気 (vitality, literally 'origin energy'). Gen (元) and Hajime start from the source; era names began with 元年.
Other lucky spellings of Gen
玄6 · 大吉
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