• 元気げんき — healthy, energetic
• 元日がんじつ — New Year’s Day
• 元本がんぽん — principal (finance)
• 元祖がんそ — originator, founder
• 地元じもと — local area, hometown
• 元素げんそ — chemical element
• 元通もとどおり — as before, as it was

This kanji often points to the “base” or “original state” of something — the place it starts from, or what it used to be. You’ll see it in everyday greetings like 元気げんき, in time words like 元日がんじつ, and in phrases like 元もとに戻もどす — “return to how it was.”