現：げん｜Present

現

Meanings

present, existing, actual

Pronunciation

• Kun-Yomi: あらわ。れる、あらわ。す、うつつ、うつ。つ
• On-Yomi:   ゲン

Common Compounds

KUN Reading Compound	現れる 【あらわれる】	to appear, to come in sight, to become visible, to come out, to embody, to materialize, to materialise, to be expressed (e.g. emotions), to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
	現す 【あらわす】	to reveal, to show, to display, to express, to represent, to signify, to stand for, to make widely known
	現つ 【うつつ】	reality, consciousness
	現責め 【うつつぜめ】	sleep deprivation (as a form of torture)
	夢現 【ゆめうつつ】	half asleep and half awake, trance, dream and reality
ON Reading Compound	現 【ゲン】	present (e.g. government, administration), current, existing
	現在 【ゲンザイ】	now, current, present, present time, as of
	表現 【ヒョウゲン】	expression, presentation, representation, notation
	実現 【ジツゲン】	implementation (e.g. of a system), materialization, materialisation, realization, realisation