Kanji Details:
- 陰
- Frequency:1393
- Kun: かげ, かげ.る
- On: イン
- Meaning: shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 陰謀 いんぼう plot intrigue, conspiracy 陰り かげり shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness), shade, gloom 日陰 ひかげ shade, shadow 陰口 かげぐち malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back 山陰 やまかげ, さんいん place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains; mountain recess 陰影 いんえい shadow, gloom; shading, hatch, hatching 陰湿 いんしつ malicious, spiteful, vicious; devious, underhanded, sly; damp and shady 木陰 こかげ, じゅいん shade of tree, bower 陰性 いんせい negative 陰気 いんき gloom, melancholy