陰
陰 — Shade
shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
On’yomiイン (in)
Kun’yomiかげ (kage)
Kun’yomiかげる (kageru)
Stroke order (11 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 陰
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陰謀 | いんぼう inbou | plot; intrigue; scheme |
| 陰気 | いんき inki | gloomy; dismal; miserable |
| 陰口 | かげぐち kageguchi | malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back |
| お陰で | おかげで okagede | thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ... |
| お陰様で | おかげさまで okagesamade | thankfully; fortunately; luckily |
| 山陰 | やまかげ yamakage | place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess |
Study notes
陰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1393 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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