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Keyword
dark and mysterious
  • mysterious
  • occultness
  • black
  • deep
  • profound
Frequency
#1409
Strokes
5
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N1
Heisig
1484
Readings
ゲン100%
Mnemonic
A figure with a lid for a hat and a thread spool tied to his cloak glides through the fog: dark and mysterious.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
玄げん関かん
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
Noun
玄人くろうと
expert; professional; master; connoisseur; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
Noun
玄げん米まい
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
Noun
玄くろ米ごめ
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
Noun
玄げん武ぶ
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
Noun
幽ゆう玄げん
mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
Noun
玄げん孫そん
great-great-grandchild; fourth-generation descendant
Noun
表おもて玄げん関かん
front door; vestibule
Noun
玄げん武ぶ岩がん
basalt; whin(stone)
Noun
玄げん室しつ
burial chamber
Noun
玄げん妙みょう
abstruse; occult; mysterious
Na-adjective
玄げん能のう
sledgehammer
Noun