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

the gleam of a river at dusk

灯, 灯火, 燭: light; lamp

the lights of a distant town

starlight

a light / a lit flame (such as of a candle or torch) / (historical, obsolete) under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system of the Heian period, a kind of scholarship granted to university students

an oil used to light a lamp