a male given name / a surname

base / be based on

Alternative form of 元 / (chemistry) a group; a radical

counter for grounded things (e.g. pyramids, electric power plants, wells, toro (Japanese traditional lantern), tombs) / counter for wooden grave tablets (卒塔婆 (sotoba))

base

a grade, a school year / a year

years

year

the last, the previous / pre- (of an era)

(rare) an honorific suffix added to a noun denoting a person