現 (actual, existing, present) - Kanji Codex

現

actual, existing, present

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ゲン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あらわ.すあらわ.れるうつ.つうつつ

Nanori (名乗り)

あきらきら

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:5

Strokes:11

JLPT:3

Frequency:85

Vocabulary

ゲン

Word	Reading	Meaning
現況	ゲンキョウ	present condition
現金	ゲンキン	cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
現行	ゲンコウ	present; current; in operation
現在	ゲンザイ	the present; present time; now; as of; present tense; this world; this life; to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
現時点	ゲンジテン	present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
現す	あらわす	to represent; to signify; to stand for; to reveal; to show; to display; to express; to make widely known
現に	げんに	actually; really
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)
現場	げんば	actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; (in) the field; job site; filming location; (movie) set
言い現す	いいあらわす	to express (in words); to confess

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