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: ウン、ぼか.す、ぼか.る、かさ、くま、ぼかし、めまい
Romaji: un, boka.su, boka.ru, kasa, kuma, bokashi, memai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

halo, corona, fade

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  72
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-4-9
Korean Reading:  un
Chinese Reading:  yun4
Unicode:  6688
JIS:  5A74

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2151
New Nelson Index: 2500
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c9.7
Four Corner Index: 6050.6
Japanese Names Index: 1997
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14037
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0912
Remembering the kanji Index: 2439
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2516

Words

(かさ)
astronomical halo (ring, etc.)
暈ける (ぼける)
to be faded; to be hazy; to be blurred; to be out of focus
暈す (ぼかす)
to shade off; to obscure
月暈 (つきがさ)
lunar halo
暈け (ぼけ、ボケ)
bokeh; blur; lack of focus; unsharpness
目眩 (めまい、げんうん)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
暈し (ぼかし)
shading off; gradation
暈倒病 (うんとうびょう)
vertigo; staggers
良性発作性頭位めまい症 (りょうせいほっさせいとういめまいしょう)
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; BPPV
繧繝 (うんげん、うげん)
method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods
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