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役
JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #464

Meanings

Shadow, Silhouette, Phantom

Radicals

彥

Decomposition

⿰景彡

Etymology

Pictophonetic: sunlight

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 vertical bottom-to-top
8 corner bottom-to-top
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
10 hook bottom-to-top
11 diagonal bottom-to-top
12 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
13 diagonal right-to-left
14 diagonal right-to-left
15 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
エイ ei
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かげ kage

Words Using This Kanji

170 words total
Other (20 words)
ご影 ごえい

image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.)

御真影 ごしんえい

imperial portrait

御影石 みかげいし

granite

朝日影 あさひかげ

morning sunlight

間接撮影 かんせつさつえい

fluoroscopy

間接撮影法 かんせつさつえいほう

fluoroscopy (method)

撮影機 さつえいき

movie camera

物影 ものかげ

form

敵影 てきえい

signs of the enemy

船影 せんえい

sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.)

隻影 せきえい

a glimpse of an object's outlines

照影 しょうえい

portrait

星影 ほしかげ

starlight

残影 ざんえい

traces

近影 きんえい

recent photograph (of a person)

影印 えいいん

facsimile

影印本 えいいんぼん

facsimile edition

高速度撮影 こうそくどさつえい

high-speed photography

造影剤 ぞうえいざい

contrast medium

火影 ほかげ

firelight

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