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Kanji Detail for 現 - "present, to appear, reality"

現

  • Meaning

    現 means "present, to appear, reality."

    1. Appear - To become visible; to manifest.

    2. Present - The current time; now.

    3. Reality - What actually exists; the actual state.

  • Words using 現

    • 現地 げんち Listen actual place; actual location; the spot
    • 現場 げんば Listen actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site
    • 現実 げんじつ Listen reality; actuality; hard fact
    • 実現 じつげん Listen implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation
    • 現代 げんだい Listen present age; present day; today
    • 現状 げんじょう Listen present condition; existing state; status quo
    • 現行 げんこう Listen present; current; in operation
    • 表現 ひょうげん Listen expression; representation; description

  • Four-character idioms with 現

    • 心霊現象 しんれいげんしょう Listen psychic phenomenon
    • 現世利益 げんせりやく Listen benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings; happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
    • 現状打破 げんじょうだは Listen abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
    • 現状維持 げんじょういじ Listen maintaining the status quo

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    • Verified meaning: present, to appear, reality
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, うつつ, げん, さちお)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 現

    Given names 現(あきら)Listen 現(うつつ)Listen 現(げん)Listen

    Surnames 現(さちお)Listen 現(ゆきとし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    present; existing; actual

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    appear, manifest, become visible

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to appear; present; now; existing; current

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to appear, to manifest; current, now

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

    To appear. To reveal. In classical texts often written as 見. | The present moment is called 現在.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gen(ゲン) ゲン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ara.wasu(あら-わす) あら-わす

    arawa.reru(あらわ-れる) あらわ-れる

    utsutsu(うつつ) うつつ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    玉 王 (tama・tamahen・o・ohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to appear present reality alive awake immediate current existing actual contemporary manifest modern now ongoing real visible emerge show materialize

Sentences including 現

  • There is no time like the present.

  • The time will come when your dream will come true.

  • His idea is practical.

  • As of today , we haven't had an answer from him.

  • I don't know whether she will show up.

  • Did he show up at the meeting?

  • She's not the woman she was before she got married.

  • I'm sure she will turn up soon.

  • A face appeared at the window.

  • It won't be long before your dream comes true.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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