玄
玄 — Mysterious
mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
On’yomiゲン (gen)
Kun’yomiくろ (kuro)
Kun’yomiくろい (kuroi)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 玄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 玄関 | げんかん genkan | entrance; front door; entryway |
| 玄米 | げんまい genmai | unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice |
| 玄人 | くろうと kurouto | expert; professional; master |
Study notes
玄 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1409 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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