顕
顕 — Appear
appear, existing
On’yomiケン (ken)
Kun’yomiあきらか (akiraka)
Kun’yomiあらわれる (arawareru)
Stroke order (18 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 顕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 顕著 | けんちょ kencho | remarkable; striking; obvious |
| 顕彰 | けんしょう kenshou | honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known |
| 顕在 | けんざい kenzai | being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent); being apparent; being obvious |
| 顕微鏡 | けんびきょう kenbikyou | microscope |
| 露顕 | ろけん roken | discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure |
| 電子顕微鏡 | でんしけんびきょう denshikenbikyou | electron microscope |
Study notes
顕 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 18 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1536 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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