霧 – fog, mist

19 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1747 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 霧 means fog, mist. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ム、ボウ、ブ (mu, bou, bu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is きり (kiri). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ム	mu
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
On’yomi	ブ	bu
Kun’yomi	きり	kiri

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: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 雨・矛・力・攵.

Words using 霧

霧きりfog

Example sentences

濃い霧のために私たちの飛行機は遅れた。

A thick fog delayed our flight.

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Kanji with the same radical

電震露需雨雪零雲雰霊雷霞霜雫霰

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.