Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'u' ending

    to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income

    Idiomatic expression

Also written かすみを食う【かすみをくう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

be hazy, grow dim, blurred

Kun
かすみかす.む
On
Strokes
17
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1603 of 2500
Radical
rain

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (21)
CodeReference
2-8-9SKIP code
8d9.1The Kanji Dictionary
1024.7, 1074.7Four corner code
3167deroo
971eUnicode hex code
1-18-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5063Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6541New Nelson (John Haig)
2814New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3490Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1800Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2450Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2800Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1530A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2693Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
42365Morohashi
2261Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
xia2Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eat, food

Kun
く.うく.らうた.べるは.む
On
ショクジキ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
328 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

ぐい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-7SKIP code
8b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8073.2Four corner code
2865deroo
98dfUnicode hex code
1-31-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5154Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6674New Nelson (John Haig)
2075New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2578Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1472Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1159Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44014Morohashi
146A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253sakade
99Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
163henshall3
180Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
207crowley
131Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1900Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1484Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi2, si4Pinyin reading
sig, saKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level