霞 — kanji meaning “be hazy”
霞
be hazy, grow dim, blurred
- Meanings
- be hazy, grow dim, blurred
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ゲ (ge)
- Kun'yomi
- かすみ、かす.む
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1603 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 173
- Chinese reading
- xiá — Chinese character page
Words with 霞
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霞む | かすむ kasumu | to become misty; to become hazy |
| 朝霞 | あさがすみ asagasumi | morning glow; morning mist (haze) |
| 霞ヶ関 | かすみがせき kasumigaseki | Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located |
| 春霞 | はるがすみ harugasumi | springtime haze |
| 雲霞 | うんか unka | clouds and haze |
| 煙霞 | えんか enka | smoke and mist; (enveloping) mist |
| 霞を食う | かすみをくう kasumiokuu | to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income |
| 霞石 | かすみいし kasumiishi | nepheline |
| 霞桜 | かすみざくら kasumizakura | Korean hill cherry (Prunus verecunda) |
| 紅霞 | こうか kouka | crimson mist; crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset) |
| 夕霞 | ゆうがすみ yuugasumi | evening breeze; evening mist |
| 目が霞む | めがかすむ megakasumu | to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight |
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