Entry
  1. Noun

    person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; person with something to hide

  2. obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world

Also written 日蔭者【ひかげもの】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Kun
-び-か
On
ニチジツ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
1 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あきいるくさこうたちにっにつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-1, 4-4-1SKIP code
4c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.0Four corner code
3878deroo
65e5Unicode hex code
1-38-92JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2097Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2410New Nelson (John Haig)
3027New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3759Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
77Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
5Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13733Morohashi
62A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
11sakade
56Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
13henshall3
33Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3crowley
16Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
963Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
12Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ri4Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
かげかげ.る
On
イン
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1393 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 45

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
2d8.7The Kanji Dictionary
7823.1Four corner code
3671deroo
9670Unicode hex code
1-17-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5006Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6462New Nelson (John Haig)
541New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
657Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
397Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
494Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1592Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1718Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1408A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1563Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1031Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41691Morohashi
1013A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
867Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
886Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1872Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1496Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1525Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
735Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1606Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin1Pinyin reading
eumKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
45WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

someone, person

Kun
もの
On
シャ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
38 of 2500
Radical
old
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-4-4, 2-4-4, 4-8-2SKIP code
4c4.13The Kanji Dictionary
4460.0Four corner code
1478deroo
8005Unicode hex code
1-28-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3685Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4698New Nelson (John Haig)
3211New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3980Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1256Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
769Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
56Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28852Morohashi
298A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
164Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
235sakade
240Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
314henshall3
302Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
19crowley
148Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.6busy_people
1578Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1264Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhe3Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level