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影
JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #464

Meanings

Shadow, Silhouette, Phantom

Radicals

彡

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)
孤影 こえい

lonely figure

影響圏 えいきょうけん

sphere of influence

影を映す かげをうつす

to mirror the image (of)

好影響 こうえいきょう

favorable influence

斜投影 しゃとうえい

oblique projection

コンピュータ断層撮影 コンピュータだんそうさつえい

computed tomography

陽電子放射断層撮影 ようでんしほうしゃだんそうさつえい

positron emission tomography

影が薄い かげがうすい

in the background

黒御影 くろみかげ

black granite

形影一如 けいえいいちにょ

being inseparable as a form and its shadow

御影 みかげ

divine spirit

影を潜める かげをひそめる

to disappear

影富士 かげふじ

shadow cast by Mount Fuji

三尺下がって師の影を踏まず さんじゃくさがってしのかげをふまず

a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

三歩下がって師の影を踏まず さんぽさがってしのかげをふまず

a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

三尺去って師の影を踏まず さんじゃくさってしのかげをふまず

a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)

魚影 ぎょえい

outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

幻影肢 げんえいし

phantom limb

夕影鳥 ゆうかげどり

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

火影 ほかげ

firelight

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