This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ゲン、ことわざ
Romaji: gen, kotowaza
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

proverb

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  149
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-7-9
Korean Reading:  an
Chinese Reading:  yan4
Unicode:  8afa
JIS:  3841

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4403
New Nelson Index: 5659
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a9.15
Four Corner Index: 0062.2
Japanese Names Index: 2508
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35747X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0542
Remembering the kanji Index: 2723
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1440
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2754
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2006
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3060

Words

(ことわざ)
proverb; maxim
古言 (こげん)
obsolete word; old proverb
俚諺 (りげん)
proverb; saying
法諺 (ほうげん)
legal maxim
諺文 (オンモン、ウンムン、げんぶん)
(old name for) hangul; the Korean script
俗諺 (ぞくげん)
proverb; popular saying
諺語 (げんご)
colloquialism; slang; proverb
鄙諺 (ひげん)
vulgar proverb; popular saying
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