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Mysterious 玄 Radical Cocoon Top Hat Man ゲン

Kanji
Onyomi ゲン
Nanori くろ, けん, はる, はるか
English mysterious, occultness
Examples 玄関(げんかん): entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room
玄人(くろうと): (1) expert (professional) in a given trade or profession (2) woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1409
Components 亠: kettle lid radical (no. 8)
幺: short thread radical (no. 52)
Number of Strokes 5
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 95
Radical Strokes 5
Radical Reading げん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword mysterious
Koohii Story 1 What could be more mysterious than a cocoon in a top hat trying to sneak in...? (Pimitive: GANDALF).
Koohii Story 2 The invisible man in his top hat and cocoon of white bandages is the most mysterious man in the world.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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