The kanji 幻: meaning, readings and stroke order

幻

Meaning: illusion, phantom
On reading: ゲン gen
Kun reading: まぼろし maboroshi
Strokes: 4
Radical: 幺 short, tiny
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ảo ảnh, ảo tưởng (ảo)
Japanese: まぼろし。ほんとうはないもの。
Korean: 환상, 허깨비 (환)
Chinese: 幻影、幻想

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲン gen · on reading · less common

幻げん想そう
fantasy, dream world
幻げん想そうの世界をえがきます。
The work shows a world of fantasy.

まぼろし maboroshi · kun reading

幻まぼろし
illusion, phantom
幻まぼろしのように消えました。
It vanished like a phantom.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.