漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
幻: phantasm, vision
Also: dream, illusion, apparition
JLPT N14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
4 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ゲンgen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 幻想げんそうfantasy; illusion; vision
- 幻覚げんかくhallucination; illusion
- 幻影げんえいphantom; vision; illusion
- 変幻へんげんtransformation
- 夢幻むげんdreams; fantasy; visions
まぼろしmaboroshi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 幻まぼろしphantom; vision; illusion
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Other
Jiajie (假借), but of what is unclear:.
Source: Wiktionary, 幻 (rev. 93449319), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A variant of the tiny thread shape, representing a "thread" of thought that is so thin and subtle it appears as a "phantom" or a fleeting vision.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side幻 phantasm
vs幼 infancy · 力In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · huàn
Same form: 幻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 幻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 幻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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