翳

17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

hold aloft

Kun'yomi
  • かげ
    		shade ②behind (something) ③background ④gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.)
  • かげる
    		to darken
  • かざす
    		to hold up over one's head ②to hold over something ③to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
  • きぬがさ
  • くもる
  • くもり
On'yomi
  • エイ
    		large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

Main Radical

羽(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かざす 62.8%
かげかげる 37.2%

Character Breakdown

hold aloft
かざ.す　かげ　エイ (Kentei 1)
doctor, medicine
イ　い.やす　くすし (3rd, N4)
box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22)
ホウ (Kentei 1)
dart, arrow
や　シ (2nd, N1)
person(人) variant
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ　また　ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)
feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
はね　は　ば (2nd, N2)
learn(習) variant
hooked enclosure
two-stroke water radical or ice radical (no. 15)
ヒョウ　こおり (Kentei 1)

Common Words

こ
小
て
手
　
を
かざ
翳
　
す
to shade one's eyes with one's hand (blocking sunlight, looking afar, etc.)
さしは
翳
large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
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References

Unicode hex code 7FF3
JIS X 0208 1-70-42
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3679
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4691
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2874
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3567
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 28796
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2t15.2
Four corner code 7712.7