Kanji Detail for 眩 - "dazzle, confuse, dizziness, glaring"

眩

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

眩 means "dazzle, confuse, dizziness, glaring."
1. Dazzle - To be blinded; for vision to blur.
2. Confuse - To be lost; to be bewildered.
3. Dizziness - A spinning sensation.
4. Glaring - Blindingly bright.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

faint; dizzy

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to confuse; dizzy, dazed, disoriented

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(literary) dizzy; (literary) dazzled; bewildered; to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4])

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to confuse; dazed, disoriented

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Eyes without focus. Like colloquially saying 眼花 (dazzled eyes). | Same as 幻. Magic tricks. Swallowing swords and breathing fire and such. Anciently called 眩人 (illusionists). Seen in (Records of the Grand Historian).
Onyomi

gen(ゲン)

kan(カン)
Kunyomi

gen.su(げん-す)

ku.reru(く-れる)

kura.mu(くら-む)

kurume.ku(くる-めく)

ma.u(ま-う)

mabayu.i(まばゆ-い)

mabu.shii(まぶ-しい)

mado.u(まど-う)

mema.i(めまい)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

目罒 (me・mehen)
Related Keywords

dazzle blinded vision blur confuse lost bewildered dizziness spinning sensation glaring blindingly bright

眩しいな。
It's so bright.
彼は強い光に目が眩んだ。
He was dazzled by the bright light.
眩しくて目を開けられない。
It's so bright that I can't open my eyes.
疲労やら飢えやらで彼は目眩を感じた。
What with fatigue and hunger, he was faint.
外の陽光が眩い分、屋敷の中は仄暗かった。
It was as gloomy inside the mansion as the sunlight was dazzling outside.
寝転がると、天井の照明が思いの外眩しい。
As I lay down to sleep, the ceiling lights were unexpectedly bright.
真昼の太陽がテニスコートを目も眩むほどに照らしあげた。
The noonday sun beat down with dazzling brightness on the tennis court.