姓名判断 · fortune-checked kanji
Gen in Japanese Kanji
Gen in Japanese is ゲン. Written in kanji, a stroke-checked spelling is 元.
4 strokes + 1 rei-su — the “spirit number” traditionally added to single-kanji names — = 5
“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
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
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How do you say Gen in Japanese?
Gen in Japanese is ゲン. Japanese does not translate foreign names by meaning — the sound is transliterated into katakana first, and kanji can then be chosen to match that sound.
What is the kanji for Gen?
A stroke-checked kanji spelling of Gen is 元 (origin; foundation), with a stroke total of 5 — Great fortune (Daikichi) under seimei handan, the traditional Japanese name-fortune check.