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Stroke Count
 11 Strokes
 Radical
 阜 + 8 Strokes
JLPT Level N1
Jouyou Kanji, Taught in Grade 8
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English Meaning
  1. shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
Readings
Kun'yomi: かげ、かげ.る。
On'yomi: オン。(Go-on Reading)
イン。(Kan-on Reading)

Japanese Meaning for 陰

Dictionary Entries for 陰

in
noun, no adjective
  1. (the) negative (e.g. pole)
noun
  1. yin (in Chinese divination)
  2. hidden place; unseen part; private location
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kage
noun
  1. shade; shadow
  2. behind (something); other side; back
  3. background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back
  4. gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness
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hoto
noun
  1. female private parts; female genitals
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 陰

Construction of Character for 陰

Radicals and parts present in 陰
Part ⻖
Part 二 two, two radical (no.2) Kanji Details »
Part 厶 I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28) Kanji Details »
Part 𠆢 Kanji Details »
Kanji variants for 陰
阴 Simplified Chinese Character
Origin and construction of 陰
  1. 会意形声。「阝」（阜　おか）+音符「侌」（「云」（雲）+音符「今」（含　口に含む）>「かくれる」）の意であり、丘の日陰側が原義。

Kanji related to 陰

Kanji for weather and other natural phenomena

  • 火

    雨

    光

    明

    晴

    雪

    雲

    電

    風

    暗

    波

    候

    災

    潮

    磁

    影

    曇

    洪

    渦

    炎

    煙

    陰

    雷

    震

    霜

    霧

    露

    冥

    嵐

    虹

    闇

    霞

Kanji containing 云 at the right-bottom

  • 陰

Kanji containing 云

  • 会

    絵

    雲

    転

    伝

    芸

    魂

    曇

Kanji containing 今 at the right-top

  • 陰

    捻

Kanji containing 今

  • 今

    念

    吟

    含

    琴

    貪

Kanji containing 阝 at the left

  • 院

    陽

    階

    陸

    隊

    防

    限

    険

    際

    降

    陛

    除

    障

    阻

    附

    陣

    陥

    陪

    陰

    陳

    陵

    陶

    隆

    隅

    隔

    隠

    隣

    阪

    隙

Kanji containing 阝

  • 部

    都

    郡

    郵

    郷

    邦

    邸

    邪

    郊

    郎

    郭

    堕

    廊

    随

    墜

    響

    那

Kanji containing 陰

  • 陰

Meanings in Other Languages for 陰

French
  1. Yin, ombre, négatif, secret, organes sexuels
Portuguese
  1. matiz, yin, negativa, órgões sexuais, segredo, sombra
Spanish
  1. sombra, oscuridad, oculto, negativo, ocultar

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