影 — kanji meaning “shadow”
影
shadow, silhouette, phantom
- Meanings
- shadow, silhouette, phantom
- On'yomi
- エイ (ei)
- Kun'yomi
- かげ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #464 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 59
- Chinese reading
- yǐng — Chinese character page
Words with 影
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影響 | えいきょう eikyou | influence; effect; impact |
| 撮影 | さつえい satsuei | photography (still or motion); photographing; filming |
| 面影 | おもかげ omokage | face; looks; countenance |
| 幻影 | げんえい gen'ei | phantom; vision; illusion |
| 投影 | とうえい touei | projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); reflection |
| 人影 | ひとかげ hitokage | figure of a person; figures of people |
| 影絵 | かげえ kagee | shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph |
| 遺影 | いえい iei | portrait of a deceased person |
| 悪影響 | あくえいきょう akueikyou | bad influence; negative influence |
| 陰影 | いんえい in'ei | shadow; shade; shading |
| 影武者 | かげむしゃ kagemusha | body double; double |
| 月影 | げつえい getsuei | moonlight; moon; moonbeams |
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