Memory phrase for the character: 玄


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Meaning

mysterious, occult, subtle, black

Pronunciation

GEN

Explanation

Part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysterious)

Mnemonic


 
In the bracket 亠 is a thread 幺/糸 that behaves mysteriously.

Radicals

coverOther covers are: 冖
mysteriousThe radical gen is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.
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 Vocabulary

玄関 げんかん  entranceway, entry hall
玄米 げんまい  brown rice
玄人 くろうと  expert, professional, geisha, prostitute

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