玄 — kanji meaning “mysterious”
玄
mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
- Meanings
- mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
- On'yomi
- ゲン (gen)
- Kun'yomi
- くろ、くろ.い
- Name readings
- けん、はる、はるか
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1409 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 95
- Chinese reading
- xuán — Chinese character page
Words with 玄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玄関 | げんかん genkan | entrance; front door; entryway |
| 玄人 | くろうと kurouto | expert; professional; master |
| 玄米 | げんまい genmai | unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice |
| 玄武 | げんぶ genbu | Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) |
| 幽玄 | ゆうげん yuugen | mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound |
| 玄孫 | げんそん genson | great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant |
| 表玄関 | おもてげんかん omotegenkan | front door; vestibule |
| 玄武岩 | げんぶがん genbugan | basalt; whin(stone) |
| 玄室 | げんしつ genshitsu | burial chamber |
| 玄妙 | げんみょう genmyou | abstruse; occult; mysterious |
| 玄関先 | げんかんさき genkansaki | entrance; front door |
| 玄関番 | げんかんばん genkanban | doorkeeper; doorman; porter |
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