Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
dark, profound
Parts:
mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
Kun:
くろくろ.い
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玄米 【ゲンマイ】 unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
  • 玄関 【ゲンカン】 entrance, front door, entryway, entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, porch, foyer, mud room
  • 幽玄 【ユウゲン】 mysterious profundity, quiet beauty, the subtle and profound, yūgen

Kun reading compounds

  • 玄人 【くろうと】 expert, professional, master, connoisseur, woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
  • 玄人気質 【くろうとかたぎ】 professionalism, the temperament of a professional

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 はる、 はるか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • misterioso
  • oculto
  • oscuro
  • negro

Portuguese

  • misterioso
  • oculto

French

  • mystérieux
  • occulte
  • sombre
1227 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1514 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2918 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1113 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1533 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1289 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1311 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2485 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1395 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20814 Morohashi
1991 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3616 New Nelson (John Haig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1484 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1051 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
471 2001 Kanji
2j3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
0073.2 Four corner code
1-24-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7384 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
boar
Kun:
いのしし
On:
チョ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 猪牙舟 【チョキブネ】 small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)
  • 野猪 【ヤチョ】 wild boar
  • 玄猪 【ゲンチョ】 day of the boar in the tenth month, mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 猪 【い】 hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
  • 猪 【いのしし】 wild boar, wild pig
  • 猪 【いのしし】 wild boar, wild pig
  • 猪年 【いのししどし】 year of the Boar, year of the Pig
  • 鹿猪 【しかいのしし】 babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • 臍猪 【へそいのしし】 peccary

Readings

Japanese names:
いの
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • jabalí
  • verraco

Portuguese

French

  • sanglier
2889 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1966 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1306 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2155 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
652 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
392 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
489 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1270 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20511P Morohashi
536 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1262 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1352 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3g8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4426.0 Four corner code
1-35-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
732a Unicode hex code