Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition

Kunyomi: まぼろし

Onyomi: ゲン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: short, tiny

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ゲンソウ fantasy, illusion, vision, dream

ゲンカク hallucination, illusion

ヘンゲン transformation

ムゲン dreams, fantasy, visions

Kunyomi Examples

まぼろし phantom, vision, illusion, apparition, something fleeting, short-lived dream, fabled item, mythical thing, very rare thing

を追う まぼろしをおう to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms

むげん dreams, fantasy, visions