| 602 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 692 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 666 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 82 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2943 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 495 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 735 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1360 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 298 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 298 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 578 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1320 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1218 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 657 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 265 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21004 | Morohashi |
| 968 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3645 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 259 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 275 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 67 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 732 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
85 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 現 【ゲン】 present (e.g. government, administration), current, existing
- 現役 【ゲンエキ】 active duty, active service, student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school, student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
- 具現 【グゲン】 incarnation, embodiment, realization, giving concrete form (to)
- 体現 【タイゲン】 personification, impersonation, embodiment
Kun reading compounds
- 現れる 【あらわれる】 to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
- 表す 【あらわす】 to represent, to signify, to stand for, to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to make widely known
- 現つ 【うつつ】 reality, consciousness
- 現責 【うつつぜめ】 sleep deprivation (Edo-period torture method)
- 現つ 【うつつ】 reality, consciousness
- 現責 【うつつぜめ】 sleep deprivation (Edo-period torture method)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 きら
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- presente
- actual
- real
- aparecer
- hacerse visible
- mostrarse
- manifestar
- expresar
Portuguese
- presente
- exist6encia
- realidade
French
- le présent
- existant
- actuel
- montrer
| 3157 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4f7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 1611.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 73fe | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 在 【ザイ】 the country, countryside, outskirts, suburbs, presence, being in attendance, situated in, staying in, resident in
- 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
- 顕在 【ケンザイ】 being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent), being apparent, being obvious, being tangible, being revealed
- 介在 【カイザイ】 existing (between), interposition, intervention, involvement
Kun reading compounds
- 有る 【ある】 to be, to exist, to live, to have, to be located, to be equipped with, to happen, to come about
- 在るがまま 【あるがまま】 as it is, plain (truth), bare, undisguised, unvarnished, unexaggerated, honest, true, frank, candid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり
- Korean:
- jae
Spanish
- existir
- pueblo natal
- alrededores
- ser
Portuguese
- existir
- arredores
- subúrbios
- localizados em
French
- exister
- banlieue
- situé à
| 613 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 711 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 684 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 243 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1055 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 258 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 314 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 268 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 588 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 349 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3704 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 692 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 4881 | Morohashi |
| 2984 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 975 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 740 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 182 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 659 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1472 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-3 | SKIP code |
| 4021.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5728 | Unicode hex code |