| Kanji | 陰 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | イン |
| Kunyomi | かげ、かげ.る |
| English | shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow |
| Examples | 日陰(ひかげ): (1) shade; shadow (2) sunshine 陰気(いんき): gloom; melancholy 陰(かげ): (1) shade; shadow (2) other side; back; background |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1393 |
| Components | 阜: hill; mound; left village radical (no. 170) 今: now 云: say |
| Number of Strokes | 11 |
| Kanji Radical | 阜 |
| Radical Number | 170 |
| Radical Strokes | 8 |
| Radical Reading | こざと・こざとへん・おか・ぎふのふ |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | shade |
| Koohii Story 1 | There are three types of shade: 1. natural (a high pinnacle), 2. man-made buildings (a clock tower), 3. meteorological (a cloud). |
| Koohii Story 2 | Frosty the snowman is running around the pinnacle, staying in the shade. As he looks at his clock to see how much longer he can last, small clouds rise (steam) from his body. Nooo, Frosty! |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_weather
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