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陰

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1393

Meanings

Shade, Yin, Negative, Sex Organs, Secret, Shadow

Radicals

阝

Decomposition

⿰阝侌

Etymology

Ideographic: The shaded side of a hill 阝; 侌 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 corner top-left-to-bottom-right

2 unknown right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 diagonal right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 curve bottom-to-top

11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イン in

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かげ kage

Words Using This Kanji

181 words total

Other (20 words)

外陰部がいいんぶ

external genitalia (esp. female)

お陰でおかげで

thanks to ...

お陰様でおかげさまで

thankfully

光陰矢のごとしこういんやのごとし

time flies like an arrow

光陰こういん

time

山陰やまかげ

place in the shade of a mountain

bardo

under the sod

lee of an island

shade

shadow of a leaf or tree

半陰影はんいんえい

penumbra

半陰陽はんいんよう

hermaphrodite

物陰ものかげ

place hidden from view

shade of a tree

shades of evening

to become clouded

cosmic dual forces

shadow

perineum

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