影 — shadow, silhouette, phantom

かげ影 shadow

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+5F71 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #464 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1848 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

shadow
silhouette
phantom

word

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).

影(かげ) kage shadow

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

影(えい) 響(きょう) eikyou influence 撮(さつ) 影(えい) satsuei photography 悪(あく) 影(えい) 響(きょう) akueikyou bad influence 投(とう) 影(えい) touei projection

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

けい景 scenery

彡 hair

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#59 彡 bristle