• 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 originally showed a person with a head, indicating the origin or base of something. Today, it's used in greetings like 元気げんき, temporal phrases, economics, and geography.

元気げんきですか？
How are you? (Are you well?)

元もとに戻もどしてください。
Please return it to its original state.