陰 – shade, yin, negative

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1393 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 陰 means shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン (in); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かげ、かげ.る (kage, kageru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in
Kun’yomi	かげ	kage
Kun’yomi	かげ.る	kageru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 二・个・厶・阡・一.

Words using 陰

お陰おかげgrace (of God)陰かげshade日陰ひかげshade陰気いんきgloomy

Example sentences

あの木の陰に腰をおろしましょう。

Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.

Tatoeba #230435

カーテンの陰に隠れているのは誰？

Who is hiding behind the curtain?

Tatoeba #226485

陰で他人の悪口を言うべきでない。

You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.

Tatoeba #189937

Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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