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: ゲン、あらわ.れる、あらわ.す、うつつ、うつ.つ
Romaji: gen, arawa.reru, arawa.su, utsutsu, utsu.tsu
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あきら、きら
Romaji: akira, kira
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

present, existing, actual

Stroke Diagram

1234567891011

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  96
Frequency:  85
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-4-7
Korean Reading:  hyeon
Chinese Reading:  xian4
Unicode:  73fe
JIS:  383D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 968
Nelson Index: 2943
New Nelson Index: 3645
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4f7.3
Four Corner Index: 1611.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 666
Gakken Index: 82
Japanese Names Index: 1360
Daikanwanjiten Index: 21004
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0921
Remembering the kanji Index: 259
Kanji Way Index: 67
Kanji Flashcards Index: 735
Kodansha Compact Index: 1320
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 692
Kanji in Context Index: 578
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 657
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 879
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 265
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 275
Essential Kanji Index: 495
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1218
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3157
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 602
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 732

Words

現つ (うつつ)
reality; consciousness
現在 (げんざい)
now; current; present; present time; as of
表現 (ひょうげん)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
実現 (じつげん)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation
出現 (しゅつげん)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
(げん)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
現代 (げんだい)
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
現れる (あらわれる)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
現役 (げんえき)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
現象 (げんしょう)
phenomenon
Find More