陰

shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

イン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かげかげ.る

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1393

Vocabulary

イン

Word	Reading	Meaning
陰気	インキ	gloomy; dismal; miserable; melancholy; spirit of yin
陰謀	インボウ	plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
山陰	サンイン	place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
陰画紙	インガシ	photographic paper
陰湿	インシツ	malicious; spiteful; vicious; wicked; devious; underhanded; sly; shady and damp

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
陰口	かげぐち	malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
お陰様で	おかげさまで	thankfully; fortunately; luckily; by God's grace; under the gods' shadow; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support; thanks to your efforts
山陰	やまかげ	place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
陰神	めがみ	goddess
日陰	ひかげ	shade; shadow; sunshine; sunlight

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

hump, high, noble, prosperity

precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

affixed, attach, refer to, append

meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

picture, drawing, painting, sketch

occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when