The kanji 玄: meaning, readings and stroke order

玄

Meaning: dark, profound
On reading: ゲン gen
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 5
Radical: 玄 dark, profound
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu đen, sâu xa (huyền)
Japanese: くろ。おくふかいこと。
Korean: 검다, 그윽하다 (현)
Chinese: 黑色、玄妙

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲン gen · on reading

玄げん関かん
entrance, front door
玄げん関かんでくつをぬぎます。
I take off my shoes at the front door.

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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.