| Kanji | 影 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | エイ |
| Kunyomi | かげ |
| English | shadow, silhouette, phantom |
| Examples | 影響(えいきょう): (1) influence; effect (2) to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on 撮影(さつえい): photographing 影(かげ): (1) shadow; silhouette (2) reflection; image (3) presence; sign (4) light (stars, moon) 人影(ひとかげ): (1) figure(s) of a person (persons) (2) shadow of a person |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 464 |
| Components | 景: scenery; view 彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59) |
| Number of Strokes | 15 |
| Kanji Radical | 彡 |
| Radical Number | 59 |
| Radical Strokes | 3 |
| Radical Reading | さん・さんづくり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | shadow |
| Koohii Story 1 | The sun over the capital cast a shadow with the same shape. |
| Koohii Story 2 | You're out hiking looking at the SCENERY, suddenly out of the corner of your vision you see a large SHADOW's indistinct SHAPE... could it be a grizzly? (cmp shade (#1592)). |
| RTK Index | 1712 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_nature_weather
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