EntryCommonWaniKani 17
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    phantom; vision; illusion; apparition

    その幻は意識の中に宿り、静寂のなかで動かない。
    The vision that was planted in my senses still silently lingers.
  2. something fleeting; short-lived dream

  3. fabled item; mythical thing; very rare thing

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition

Kun
まぼろし
On
ゲン
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1564 of 2500
Radical
short thread
WaniKani
Level 17

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-1SKIP code
0a4.6The Kanji Dictionary
2772.0Four corner code
2753deroo
5e7bUnicode hex code
1-24-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1494Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1598New Nelson (John Haig)
180New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
206Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
159Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1862Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2006Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1550A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
261Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1691Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9190Morohashi
1226A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1227Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1291Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1255Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1030Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1814Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
577Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1880Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huan4Pinyin reading
hwanKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level