幻
apparition, dream, illusion, phantasm, vision
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:1
Frequency:1564
Vocabulary
ゲン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻覚 | ゲンカク | hallucination; illusion |
| 幻想 | ゲンソウ | fantasy; illusion; vision; dream |
| 幻影 | ゲンエイ | phantom; vision; illusion |
| 幻滅 | ゲンメツ | disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment |
| 幻惑 | ゲンワク | fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幻 | まぼろし | phantom; vision; illusion; apparition; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing |
| 夢幻 | ゆめまぼろし | dreams; fantasy; visions |
| 幻を追う | まぼろしをおう | to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms |
| 幻覚キノコ | げんかくきのこ | hallucinogenic mushroom; magic mushroom |
| 夢幻泡影 | むげんほうよう | a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow (metaphor for the transience of life) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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childhood, infancy
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糸
thread
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approximately, promise, shrink
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系
lineage, system
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却
instead, on the contrary, rather, retreat, step back, withdraw
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玄
black, deep, mysterious, occultness, profound
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紛
be mistaken for, distract, divert, go astray
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紹
help, inherit, introduce
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劣
be inferior to, be worse, inferiority
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至
arrive, attain, climax, proceed, reach, result in
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