元弘の変 げんこうのへん Meanings Expression, Noun Genkō Incident (1331-1333); Genkō War See also: 元弘の乱 (げんこうのらん). Kanji 元 source. Read as ゲン. 弘 vast; broad; wide. Read as コウ. 変 change. Read as ヘン. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists