Onyomi: ゲン · Kunyomi: あらわ.す, あらわ.れる, うつ.つ, うつつ · Meanings: actual, existing, present
Kanji for actual, existing, present
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現 is formed from the eye radical 見 on the right and the stone radical 王 on the left. The stone radical represents something tangible or real, while 見 means to see. Together, they express the idea of something that can be seen as real or present. From this, 現 came to mean appear, present, actual, or existing.
現 shows something real that can be seen, meaning present or actual.
現 is used when something appears or exists in reality. Remember 現 as something present, actual, or visible.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 現 | げん | present (e.g. government, administration), current, existing | Prefix |
| 現つ | うつつ | reality, consciousness | Noun |
| 現在 | げんざい | the present, present time, now | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 現実 | げんじつ | reality, actuality, hard fact | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 現金 | げんきん | cash, ready money, money on hand, currency | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 現状 | げんじょう | present condition, existing state, status quo, current state | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 現象 | げんしょう | phenomenon | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 現像 | げんぞう | development (of film), photographic processing | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 現れる | あらわれる | to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 現代 | げんだい | present age, present day, today | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |