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玄 — 5 strokes / Radical「玄」

道
4Junior high level / 5 strokes / Radical「玄」
On
ゲンげん · gen
Kun
くろ・くろ.いkuro · kuro.i
Meaning
deep; mysterious

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From the colour of dyed thread: a deep black — deep, mysterious.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲンげんgen玄米げんまい玄関げんかん幽玄ゆうげん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 玄関げんかん

    entrance hall

  • 玄米げんまい

    brown rice

More words with this kanji

  • 幽玄ゆうげん
  • 玄界灘げんかいなだ
  • 玄奘げんじょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

玄関(げんかん)で靴(くつ)をそろえた。

I lined up the shoes at the entrance.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

玄米玄関玄米rice関barrie…率rate元origin幻phanto…言to say阮a plac…芫a medi…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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