陰
shade; yin; negative; sex organs; secret; shadow
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1393.
Readings
- イン (on reading): 陰謀 (いんぼう) plot; 陰謀論 (いんぼうろん) conspiracy theory
- かげ (kun reading): 陰 (かげ) shade; 日陰 (ひかげ) shade
- かげる (kun reading): 陰る (かげる) to become clouded
- Read as a whole word: 陰核 (へのこ) testicles
Components
- ⻖
- 陰
- 一 radical one
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 二 radical two
- 厶 radical private
- ⻖ radical mound; hill, left-side form of 阜
Kanji containing 陰
Words using 陰
- 陰謀 (いんぼう) plot
- 陰謀論 (いんぼうろん) conspiracy theory
- 陰キャ (いんキャ) gloomy person
- 陰茎 (いんけい) penis
- 陰陽 (いんよう) cosmic dual forces
- 陰 (かげ) shade
- 日陰 (ひかげ) shade
- 木陰 (こかげ) shade of a tree
- 陰口 (かげぐち) malicious gossip
- 山陰 (やまかげ) place in the shade of a mountain
- 陰る (かげる) to become clouded
- 陰核 (へのこ) testicles
- 陰陽師 (おんみょうじ) yin-yang diviner
- 陰陽寮 (おんようりょう) Bureau of Onmyō
- 陰陽道 (おんみょうどう) Onmyōdō
- 陰陽の理 (おんみょうのり) principle of duality
- 陰嚢無し (ふぐりなし) lacking balls
193 words in all.