幻

phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

まぼろし

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:4

JLPT:N1

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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