影

影 — shadow, silhouette, phantom

  • JLPT N1
  • 15 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 彡
  • #464 most frequent

Nature · Weather

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
エイ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
かげ

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

噂うわさをすれば 影かげがさす。

Speak of angels and you hear their wings.

漁火ぎょかが 島影しまかげに 瞬まばたく。

Fires for luring fish at night flicker on the silhouette of an island.

あの 人ひとは 影かげが 薄うすい。

He is always in the background.