陰 — shade, yin, negative

かげ陰 shade

かげ

U+9670 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1393 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1718 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

shade
yin
negative
sex organs
secret
shadow

Readings

On'yomi: いん in
Kun'yomi: かげ kage

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かげ kage Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

陰(かげ) kage shadow お陰(かげ) okage thanks to 山(やま) 陰(かげ) yamakage place in the shade of a mountain 日(ひ) 陰(かげ) hikage shade 物(もの) 陰(かげ) monokage place hidden from view 陰(かげ) り kageri shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness) 陰(かげ) 口(ぐち) kageguchi malicious gossip

いん in On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

陰(いん) 謀(ぼう) inbou conspiracy 陰(いん) 陽(よう) inyou yin and yang 陰(いん) 気(き) inki gloomy

Words by frequency and grade

10 words

Each dot is a word containing 陰: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.