• 元気げんき — healthy / energetic
• 元日がんじつ — New Year's Day
• 元旦がんたん — morning of New Year's Day
• 地元じもと — local area / hometown
• 足元あしもと — at one's feet / underfoot
• 手元てもと — close at hand

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• 身元みもと — identity / background
• 根元ねもと — roots / base
• 元通もとどおり — as before / as it was
• 元祖がんそ — originator / founder
• 復元ふくげん — restoration / reconstruction
• 次元じげん — dimension
• 紀元前きげんぜん — B.C. (Before Christ)
• 元素げんそ — chemical element
• 元号げんごう — era name (in Japan)
• 元本がんぽん — principal (finance) / original copy

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.”