幻

See also: 幼 and 𠄔

Translingual

Han character

幻 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 女戈尸 (VIS) or 難女戈尸 (XVIS), four-corner 2772₀, composition ⿰幺𠃌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9190
• Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5E7B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		幻
alternative forms		𠄔

Glyph origin

Inversion of 予.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 幻

1. mystical; mysterious
2. illusion; fantasy; mirage

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Japanese

Kanji

幻

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fantasy, phantom

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen, Jōyō)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}
• Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←くわん (kwan, historical)}
• Kun: まぼろし (maboroshi, 幻, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 幻影(げんえい) (gen'ei)
• 幻灯(げんとう) (gentō)
• 幻覚(げんかく) (genkaku)
• 幻術(げんじゅつ) (genjutsu)
• 幻滅(げんめつ) (genmetsu)
• 幻想(げんそう) (gensō)
• 魔幻(まげん) (magen)
• 夢幻(むげん) (mugen)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
幻
まぼろし Grade: S
kun’yomi

Probably from Old Japanese. Used in The Tale of Genji, completed in 1021.

The initial ma is almost certainly 目 (ma, modern me, “eye”). The boroshi portion is of uncertain derivation, possibly related to modern colloquial adjective ぼろい (boroi, “rough, ragged, worn-out”), or verb ばらす (barasu, “to mess something up”).

Noun

幻(まぼろし) • (maboroshi) 

1. an illusion, a phantom, a dream, a vision

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Korean

Hanja

幻 • (hwan) (hangeul 환, revised hwan, McCune–Reischauer hwan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 幻 (huyễn, hoẻn, ảo)

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Usage notes

• Ảo appears to be a misreading due to confusion with the character 抝 or 拗 (ảo).