Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny
Parts:
seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1996 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 幽霊 【ユウレイ】 ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom
  • 憂鬱 【ユウウツ】 depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
  • 幽々 【ユウユウ】 deep, dark
  • 帰幽 【キユウ】 death

Kun reading compounds

  • 微か 【かすか】 faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • profundo
  • recluir
  • confinar
  • el más allá

Portuguese

  • isolar
  • confina para um quarto

French

  • isoler
  • confiné
  • profond
  • obscur
  • isolé
  • faible
  • sombre
  • tranquille
  • calme
1865 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1876 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
112 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1735 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1256 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2251 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1228 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1820 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
579 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3731 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1392 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9205 Morohashi
3008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1600 New Nelson (John Haig)
1380 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1480 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1251 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-45-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7d Unicode hex code

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