Back to N1 Kanji
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)
記念撮影 きねんさつえい

taking a commemorative photo

影響半径 えいきょうはんけい

radius of influence

ノモン投影 ノモンとうえい

gnomonic projection (in mapping)

影と形のように かげとかたちのように

inseparably

形影相伴う けいえいあいともなう

to be together always (esp. married couple)

写真撮影 しゃしんさつえい

photography

電影 でんえい

movie

影アナ かげアナ

announcement from backstage (theatre, television)

投影面積 とうえいめんせき

projected area

君影草 きみかげそう

lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)

影響範囲 えいきょうはんい

area of influence

射影加群 しゃえいかぐん

projective module

撮影モード さつえいモード

(image) shooting mode (on a digital camera)

書影 しょえい

outward appearance of a book

影響者 えいきょうしゃ

influencer

微速度撮影 びそくどさつえい

time-lapse photography

光と影 ひかりとかげ

rise and fall

ロケ撮影 ロケさつえい

location filming

個人撮影 こじんさつえい

amateur video

影ナレ かげナレ

narration from backstage (theatre, television)