10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

faint, dizzy

Kun'yomi
  • げん
  • to spin ②to be dizzy ③to bustle about
  • dazzling
  • to be dazzled by ②to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.) ③to become dark
  • まど
  • めま
  • dazzling
  • くれ
  • to be dizzy
On'yomi
  • ゲン
  • カン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

まぶしい 85.9%
くら 8.0%
まばゆ 5.0%
ゲン 0.5%
げん 0.5%

Character Breakdown

faint, dizzy
まぶ.しい くら.む まばゆ.い (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
mysterious, occultness, black
ゲン けん くろ (7th, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

to spin ②to be dizzy ③to bustle about
dizziness ②temporary side-effects of taking Chinese herbal medicine
antiglare (filter, mirror, etc.)
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References

Unicode hex code 7729
JIS X 0208 1-66-33
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3133
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3924
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2581
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2629
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 23254
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5c5.3
Four corner code 6003.2