EntryCommonWaniKani 58
  1. Noun

    being taken aback; state of shock; dumbfoundedness

    Usually written using kana alone

    私は呆気にとられた。
    When I heard it, I was dumbfounded.

Also written あっ気【あっけ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be amazed, disgusted, shocked

Kun
ほけ.るぼ.けるあき.れるおろか
On
ホウ
Strokes
7
Frequency
1848 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 54

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3d4.13The Kanji Dictionary
6090.4Four corner code
5446Unicode hex code
1-42-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
896Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
738New Nelson (John Haig)
2712Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2297Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3395Morohashi
dai1, ai2Pinyin reading
mae, boKorean reading
54WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

Kun
いき
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
113 of 2500
Radical
steam
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-2, 2-2-4SKIP code
0a6.8The Kanji Dictionary
8041.7Four corner code
2356deroo
6c17Unicode hex code
1-21-04JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2480Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3025New Nelson (John Haig)
3194New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3960Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
319Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
144Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17046PMorohashi
11A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
134Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59sakade
67Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68henshall3
52Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
55crowley
246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
1150Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1903Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level