漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
現: present, existing
Also: actual
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
王 carries the meaning · 見 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ゲンgen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 現在げんざいpresent, current
- 現代げんだいpresent-day
- 現実げんじつreality
- 現金げんきんcash
- 現住所げんじゅうしょpresent address
- 現存するげんそんするexist currently
- 出現するしゅつげんするappear
- 表現するひょうげんするexpress [v.t.]
- 再現するさいげんするreproduce, recreate
あらわれるarawareru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 現れるあらわれるappear [v.i.]
あらわすarawasu · kun'yomi
- 現すあらわすshow, display [v.t.]
Also read うつつ, うつつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)玉 jade (meaning) + 見 (sound)
To appear.
Source: Wiktionary, 現 (rev. 92201088), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Jewel (王) + See (見). A hidden "jewel" that is suddenly brought out into the light so that everyone can "see" it—to appear or be present.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
現 takes the 見 family's reading, ケン (ken).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side現 present · 王
vs規 standard · 夫In ChineseSimplified 现 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 現; mainland China simplifies it to 现.
- Simplified
- 现 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 現 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiàn 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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