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Kanji-of-the-Day: ‘present’ = 現

Posted in: Kanji by admin on April 4, 2011

The kanji for 'present': 現Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “present” = 現.
It has 11 strokes.

The most common readings of this kanji character are: “GEN” 「ゲン」 and “arawa~” 「あらわ〜」.
For example: GENZAI「現在」= present time, now, actually.
Also: arawaremasu「現れます」= to appear, emerge, come out, become visible.