Japanese symbol for “puzzled”
怪訝
けげん
Romaji: kegen
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious
In Japanese, puzzled is 怪訝, read けげん (kegen).
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Meanings
- adj-na puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “puzzled”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 訝しげ | いぶかしげ ibukashige | quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怪しい | あやしい ayashii | suspicious; dubious; questionable |
| 妖怪 | ようかい youkai | ghost; apparition; phantom |
| 怪獣 | かいじゅう kaijuu | monster |
| 怪物 | かいぶつ kaibutsu | monster |
| 怪奇 | かいき kaiki | bizarre; strange; weird |
| 怪談 | かいだん kaidan | ghost story; tale of the supernatural |
| 訝しげ | いぶかしげ ibukashige | quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive |
| 訝る | いぶかる ibukaru | to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about |
See also: Chinese symbol for “puzzled”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.