玄 = 亠 + 幺

玄 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mysterious”. It is built from 亠 (lid) and 幺 (cocoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1484. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword: mysterious
RTK frame: 1484
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ゲン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): くろ, くろ.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: загадочный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 玄 deep

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 玄

How to find 玄 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lid” + “cocoon”. 玄 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 玄 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.