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現

present
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingゲン
Kun readingあらわ.れる、あらわ.す、うつつ、うつ.つ
JōyōGrade 5

Popular Usage

現す現れ現金現在現実現象現状現代現場実現現れる現に

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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king (王) · jewel (玉) · ball (玉) · see · telescope · eye (目) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 275

Compound words

現金げんきん
cash; ready money; money on hand; currency; mercenary
現在げんざい
the present; present time; now; as of; present tense
現実げんじつ
reality; actuality; hard fact
現象げんしょう
phenomenon
現場げんば
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; (in) the field
現状げんじょう
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
現代げんだい
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
実現じつげん
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation
現れあらわれ
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression
現れるあらわれる
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody
現にげんに
actually; really
現行げんこう
present; current; in operation
現像げんぞう
development (of film); photographic processing
現地げんち
actual place; actual location; the spot; the scene; the field
現況げんきょう
present condition
現職げんしょく
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
現物げんぶつ
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
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
再現さいげん
reappearance; reemergence; return; revival; reproduction
出現しゅつげん
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up
表現ひょうげん
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
現有げんゆう
present; existing
現時点げんじてん
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
現実的げんじつてき
realistic; pragmatic

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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