じょう
貞
げん
元

noun

  1. Jōgen era (976.7.13-978.11.29), Teigen era.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょう
貞
げん
元
 貞元 じょうげん
てい
貞
げん
元
 貞元 ていげん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

upright, chastity, constancy
テイ　さだ　ジョウ (9th, N1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン　もと　ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)