Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny
Parts:
phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition
Kun:
まぼろし
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幻想 【ゲンソウ】 fantasy, illusion, vision, dream
  • 幻覚 【ゲンカク】 hallucination, illusion
  • 変幻 【ヘンゲン】 transformation
  • 夢幻 【ムゲン】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Kun reading compounds

  • 幻 【まぼろし】 phantom, vision, illusion, apparition, something fleeting, short-lived dream, fabled item, mythical thing, very rare thing
  • 幻を追う 【まぼろしをおう】 to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms
  • 夢幻 【むげん】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • visión
  • espejismo
  • ilusión
  • aparición

Portuguese

  • fantasma
  • visão
  • sonho
  • ilusão
  • aparição

French

  • chimère
  • fantôme
  • fantasme
  • vision
  • rêve
  • illusion
  • apparition
1226 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1550 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1494 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1691 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1255 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1291 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1814 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
577 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
159 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1880 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9190 Morohashi
180 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 New Nelson (John Haig)
1862 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2006 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1030 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2753 2001 Kanji
0a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-1 SKIP code
2772.0 Four corner code
1-24-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7b Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
horn
Parts:
Variants:
contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 触媒 【ショクバイ】 catalyst
  • 触発 【ショクハツ】 detonation by contact, contact detonation, touching off (something), triggering, sparking, provocation, inspiration
  • 鎧袖一触 【ガイシュウイッショク】 (beating someone) hands down, with a single blow
  • 濃厚接触 【ノウコウセッショク】 close contact (with an infected person)

Kun reading compounds

  • 触れる 【ふれる】 to touch, to feel, to touch (with), to experience, to come in contact with, to perceive, to touch on (a subject), to allude to, to refer to, to mention, to bring up, to be in conflict with, to violate (law, copyright, etc.), to infringe, to proclaim, to make known, to spread (e.g. a rumour)
  • 触る 【さわる】 to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
  • 触る 【さわる】 to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
  • 触らぬ神に祟りなし 【さわらぬかみにたたりなし】 let sleeping dogs lie, wake not a sleeping lion, the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu4
Korean:
chog

Spanish

  • tocar
  • percibir
  • mencionar
  • proclamar
  • anunciar

Portuguese

  • contato
  • tocar
  • sentir
  • acesso
  • proclamar
  • anunciar
  • conflito

French

  • contact
  • toucher
  • sentir
  • frapper
  • proclamer
  • annoncer
  • conflit
1428 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1256 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
945 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
893 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
874 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
894 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1382 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1914 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1018 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1376 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1830 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35070 Morohashi
1518 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5547 New Nelson (John Haig)
1813 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1954 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1663 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2571 2001 Kanji
6d7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
2523.6 Four corner code
1-31-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89e6 Unicode hex code