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陰 · shade, yin

陰 is a kanji meaning shade, yin, negative, sex organs. It has 11 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • インin

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • かげkage
  • かげるkageru

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 陰 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 陰
WordReadingMeaningLevel
お陰おかげthanks or owing toN4
陰かげshade, shadow, other sideN3
日陰ひかげshadowN2
陰気いんきgloom, melancholyN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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