EntryJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing

    Usually written using kana alone

    私が今日あるのは両親のおかげである。
    I owe what I am to my parents.
  2. assistance; help; aid

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. effects; influence

    Usually written using kana alonesee おかげで

Also written お蔭【おかげ】

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Characters in this word

1
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

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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