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陰

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • shade
  • yin
  • negative
  • sex organs
  • secret
  • shadow

On'yomi (音読み)

  • イン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かげ
  • かげ.る
Strokes
11
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1242
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
阜#170 · mound

Components

Common Words

  • 陰気いんきna-Adj.gloomy, dismal, miserable, melancholy
  • 陰口かげぐちNounmalicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
  • 陰性いんせいno-Adj.negative (result)
  • 陰謀いんぼうNounplot, intrigue, scheme
  • 陰陽いんようNouncosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.
  • 陰りかげりNounshadow (e.g. on someone's happiness), cloud, shade, gloom
  • 山陰やまかげNounplace in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains
  • 日陰ひかげNounshade, shadow

Practice in Kanjiru

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