also: めまい
Vertigo (gen'un) can appear as a symptom of ear disorders.
This herbal medicine is said to be effective for dizziness.
Rare kanji spelling; the word is almost always written in kana as めまい in modern Japanese. This form is mainly encountered in medical or older texts.
The standard modern spelling for this word. The reading げんうん is not used with this kana form.
The kanji 眩 means 'dazzling' or 'dim-sighted', and 暈 means 'halo' or 'faint'. Together they form a Sino-Japanese compound meaning dizziness or vertigo. The reading げんうん is the on'yomi of these characters.