01
日陰
ひかげ
shade
Meanings
- shade
- yin
- negative
- sex organs
- secret
- shadow
Readings
Onyomi
- イン
Kunyomi
- かげ
- かげ.る
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Useful words
02
お陰で
おかげで
thanks to
03
陰気
いんき
gloomy
04
物陰
ものかげ
hiding place
05
陰口
かげぐち
backbiting
06
陰性
いんせい
negative
Used for medical results.
Compare Kanji
01陽Pair99%sunshine, yang principle陰 and 陽 represent the dual forces of Yin and Yang, representing opposite but complementary concepts.02影Meaning95%shadow, silhouetteWhile 陰 refers to the area of shade, 影 refers to the physical shadow or shape cast by an object.03隠Meaning90%conceal, hideBoth 陰 and 隠 carry the sense of being hidden or out of sight, and both use the 阝 radical.04闇Meaning85%get dark, gloom陰 and 闇 are both used to describe darkness or places where light does not reach.05暗Meaning80%darkness, disappearWhile 陰 focuses on the shade created by an object, 暗 describes the general state of being dark.06院Component70%Inst., institution陰 and 院 both feature the 阝 radical on the left side, which originally represented a hill or mound.