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Shadow Shade Clock 陰 イン かげ、かげ.る Yin Negative

Kanji
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
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!
RTK Index 1592

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_weather

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