Entry
  1. Taru adjective, Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

    彼女はその知らせに唖然とした。
    She was struck dumb at the news.

Also written あ然【あぜん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mute, dumb

Kun
おし
On
アク
Strokes
10
Radical
mouth

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3d8.3The Kanji Dictionary
6101.7Four corner code
5516Unicode hex code
1-16-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
939Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
795New Nelson (John Haig)
2958Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2964Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3743Morohashi
ya1Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well

Kun
しかしか.りしか.し
On
ゼンネン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
401 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4d8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2333.3Four corner code
2540deroo
7136Unicode hex code
1-33-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3435New Nelson (John Haig)
2782New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3456Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1788Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
437Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19149Morohashi
528A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
651Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
450sakade
716Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
557henshall3
592Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
144crowley
401Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
246Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ran2Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level