Entry
  1. Noun

    Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located

  2. government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy

    metonymy

Also written 霞が関【かすみがせき】霞ケ関【かすみがせき】

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

connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning

Kun
せき-ぜきかか.わるからくりかんぬき
On
カン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
70 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-6SKIP code
8e6.7The Kanji Dictionary
7743.0Four corner code
3863deroo
95a2Unicode hex code
1-20-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4958Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6402New Nelson (John Haig)
3328New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4129Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2099Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2842Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2017Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2173Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2245Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
289Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41297Morohashi
444A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
398Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
402Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
365sakade
982Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
467henshall3
614Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
84crowley
446Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
1844Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2036Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
guan1Pinyin reading
gwan, wanKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level