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眩 = 目 + 玄

眩 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dizzy”. It is built from 目 (eye) and 玄 (mysterious). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2629.

Keyword
dizzy
RTK frame
2629
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲン, カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
げん.す, くるめ.く, まぶ.しい, くら.む, まど.う, めま.い, まばゆ.い, くれ.る, ま.う
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
faint, головокружение
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
眩 to confuse

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 目 eye
  2. 玄 mysterious

How to find 眩 without knowing its reading

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

Open 眩 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.