玄

mysterious; occultness; black; deep; profound

5 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1409.

Readings

• ゲン (on reading): 玄関 (げんかん) entrance; 玄米 (げんまい) unpolished rice
• くろ (kun reading): 玄人 (くろうと) expert; 玄人筋 (くろうとすじ) professionals
• くろい (kun reading)

Components

• 亠
• 幺
• 亠 radical lid
• 幺 radical short thread
• 玄 radical dark; mysterious

Kanji containing 玄

• 率 ratio
• 弦 bowstring
• 畜 livestock
• 呟 mutter
• 茲 here
• 痃 cramps
• 眩 faint
• 牽 pull
• 絃 string
• 舷 gunwale
• 衒 show off
• 鉉 handle

Words using 玄

• 玄関 (げんかん) entrance
• 玄米 (げんまい) unpolished rice
• 玄室 (げんしつ) burial chamber
• 玄関口 (げんかんぐち) entrance door
• 玄武岩 (げんぶがん) basalt
• 玄人 (くろうと) expert
• 玄人筋 (くろうとすじ) professionals
• 玄人気質 (くろうとかたぎ) professionalism
• 玄人はだし (くろうとはだし) outdoing a professional

48 words in all.

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