This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、とぼ.ける、ほ.れる
Romaji: kou, tobo.keru, ho.reru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

unclear, senile, stupid, joke

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  61
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  hwang
Chinese Reading:  huang3
Unicode:  604d
JIS:  5772

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1671
New Nelson Index: 1840
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4k6.7
Four Corner Index: 9901.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 10546
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.1025

Words

恍惚 (こうこつ)
ecstasy; trance
恍け (とぼけ)
assumed innocence; feigned ignorance
お惚け (おとぼけ)
feigned ignorance
恍然 (こうぜん)
fascinated and distracted by something
惚ける (とぼける)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
恍惚状態 (こうこつじょうたい)
state of ecstasy (rapture); trance; senile dementia
恍け顔 (とぼけがお)
a face of (feigned) innocence
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