Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Transitive verb

    (bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past)

    usu. as 〜を彷彿とさせる

  2. Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Taru adjective

    dim; faint; vague; blurred

Also written 髣髴【ほうふつ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stray, wander, loiter

Kun
さまよ.う
On
ホウ
Strokes
7
Radical
step

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3i4.1The Kanji Dictionary
2022.7Four corner code
5f77Unicode hex code
1-55-39JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1597Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1725New Nelson (John Haig)
10052Morohashi
pang2, fang3Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
彿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dimly

On
フツ
Strokes
8
Radical
step

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3i5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2522.7Four corner code
5f7fUnicode hex code
1-55-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1601Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1729New Nelson (John Haig)
10071Morohashi
fu2Pinyin reading
bulKorean reading