JLPT N1 · 5 strokes
Kanji 玄: "mysterious, occultness, black"
The kanji 玄 means "mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound". It is written with 5 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ゲン in on'yomi and くろ, くろ.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くろくろ.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 5 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1409 of 2,501 |
Common words with 玄
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 玄関entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway
- 玄関先entrance; front door
- 正面玄関front entrance; front door
- 玄関口entrance door; front door · gateway (to a region, etc.)
- 玄関ホールentrance hall
- 玄人expert; professional; master; connoisseur · woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
- 玄武Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) · seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
- 幽玄mysterious profundity; quiet beauty; the subtle and profound; yūgen
- 玄米unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
- 表玄関front door; vestibule
- 玄妙abstruse; occult; mysterious
- 玄室burial chamber
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