Entry
  1. Noun

    shadow; shade; shading; gloom

    陰影に気をつけてみたのですがなかなかうまくいかないです。
    I tried to take care with the shadows, but it just doesn't go very well.
  2. nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

Also written 陰翳【いんえい】

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Characters in this word

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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

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

Built from

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