Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絵ろうそく 【エロウソク】 candle decorated with coloured pictures (esp. of flowers or birds)
  • 裸蝋燭 【ハダカロウソク】 naked candle, uncovered candle, unshaded candle
  • 燭 【ショク】 light, lamp, obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
  • 燭台 【ショクダイ】 candlestick, candlestand
  • 華燭 【カショク】 bright light, wedding ceremony
  • 手燭 【テショク】 portable candlestick

Kun reading compounds

  • 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu2
Korean:
chog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2811 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19480 Morohashi
3496 New Nelson (John Haig)
2539 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2976 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4d13.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
9682.7 Four corner code
1-31-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71ed Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
Kun:
かげかげ.る
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1393 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陰 【イン】 (the) negative (e.g. pole), yin (in Chinese divination), hidden place, unseen part, private location
  • 女神 【メガミ】 goddess, female deity
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 外陰 【ガイイン】 vulva, pudenda

Kun reading compounds

  • 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
  • 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
  • 陰る 【かげる】 to become clouded, to darken, to get dark, to become hidden (behind clouds), to darken (of a face), to worsen, to deteriorate, to become gloomy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
eum

Spanish

  • sombra
  • oscuridad
  • oculto
  • negativo
  • ocultar

Portuguese

  • matiz
  • yin
  • negativa
  • órgões sexuais
  • segredo
  • sombra

French

  • Yin
  • ombre
  • négatif
  • secret
  • organes sexuels
1013 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1408 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5006 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1031 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1872 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1563 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
867 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
886 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1525 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
735 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
657 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
397 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1606 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41691 Morohashi
541 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6462 New Nelson (John Haig)
1592 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1718 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1496 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3671 2001 Kanji
2d8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7823.1 Four corner code
1-17-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9670 Unicode hex code