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玄 means 'mystery'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 95    Frequency: 767   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-5    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 44 words   Used in 537 names   Component in 33 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゲン
Additional readings
Kun    くろ   くろい
Name    けん   はる   はるか
Variants
⽞  
Notes
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Find out about the shape that figures prominently in the name of a green tea and the word for "brown rice." It's also the "blackness" radical. What a colorful character! Or should I say "What a mysterious character"? It primarily means "mysterious," and it unexpectedly lends that meaning to such common words as 玄関 (げんかん: entranceway).
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Essay 1227 on 玄 (mysterious; "blackness" radical) tells you all about this radical, which is on duty in 率 (lead; ratio) and off duty in 畜 (animal raising).
Components
⿱  亠 lid  幺 short thread  
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幻 illusion  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 玄 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 玄 is used 38 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ゲン : 35 words FIND ALL
げ ん か ん 1
entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room
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くろ : 1 word FIND ALL
く ろ ご め 0 く ろ ご め 2
noun
1. unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
2. black rice
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けん: 2 words. FIND ALL
け ん と う 0
noun
winter
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An additional one less common word includes 玄 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1227  Joy o' Kanji : 1227  Key to Kanji: - 

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玄
ゲン    mystery, dark   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
亠
lid
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