EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 25
  1. Noun

    shadow; silhouette; figure; shape

    その少女は自分の影におびえていた。
    The girl was afraid of her own shadow.
  2. reflection; image

  3. ominous sign

  4. light (stars, moon)

  5. trace; shadow (of one's former self)

  6. behind; background; other side

    non-standard; usu. written as 陰see see かげ・2

Also written 景【かげ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shadow, silhouette, phantom

Kun
かげ
On
エイ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
464 of 2500
Radical
bristle
WaniKani
Level 25

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-12-3SKIP code
3j12.1The Kanji Dictionary
6292.2Four corner code
3860deroo
5f71Unicode hex code
1-17-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1594Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1722New Nelson (John Haig)
1889New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2381Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1216Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1671Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1712Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1848Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
630A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2357Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
929Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10019Morohashi
1017A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
854Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
873Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1276Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1758Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
494crowley
1022Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
619Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1728Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ying3Pinyin reading
yeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level