霧

fog; mist

19 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1747.

Readings

• きり (kun reading): 霧 (きり) fog; 狭霧 (さぎり) mist
• ム (on reading): 濃霧 (のうむ) heavy fog; 噴霧 (ふんむ) atomizing
• ボウ (on reading)
• ブ (on reading)

Components

• 雨
• 務
• 力 radical power
• 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
• 矛 radical spear
• 雨 radical rain

Words using 霧

• 霧 (きり) fog
• 狭霧 (さぎり) mist
• 夕霧 (ゆうぎり) evening mist
• 霧雨 (きりさめ) drizzle
• 霧吹き (きりふき) spraying
• 濃霧 (のうむ) heavy fog
• 噴霧 (ふんむ) atomizing
• 霧散 (むさん) dispersing
• 煙霧 (えんむ) haze
• 霧笛 (むてき) foghorn

51 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists