A kanji
現
present, existing, actual
- 11 strokes
- Taught in grade 5 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 85 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ゲン
Kun'yomi
あらわ.れる、あらわ.す、うつつ、うつ.つ
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 現 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 現 19 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N3 · 12 words
- 現代げんだいtoday, present-day
- 現象げんしょうphenomenon
- 現実げんじつreality
- 実現じつげんimplementation, materialization, realization
- 現すあらわすto show, to appear, to reveal
- 現れあらわれexpression, indication, sign
- 現れるあらわれるto appear (v.i.), to become visible; to express
- 現金げんきんcash
- 現在げんざいnow (same as 今 (いま)), present, current
- 現状げんじょうpresent condition, status quo
- 現場げんばactual spot, scene, field
- 表現ひょうげんexpression, presentation
JLPT N2 · 2 words
JLPT N1 · 5 words
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 現.
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