Alternative form of 元

long cylindrical things such as glasses of drink, pairs of jeans, pens or trains and buses / films or TV shows / home runs or goals / rounds of a match in boxing, wrestling or judo

current, this, the matter in question / original, actual, base

book / this / main / real / actual / true

publisher; publishing house

publication (issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution)

freedom of press

copyright

a collector's edition

Kyūjitai form of 版図 (“territory”)