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KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学5 strokesRadical 玄

玄 · mysterious, occultness

玄 is a kanji meaning mysterious, occultness, black, deep. It has 5 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ゲンgen

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • くろkuro
  • くろいkuroi

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 玄 · 2 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 玄
WordReadingMeaningLevel
玄関げんかんentrance (to a house or a building)N5
玄人くろうとexpert, professionalN1

Example sentence

だれか玄関にいる。

だれかげんかんにいる

Someone is at the door.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #203197 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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