17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

be hazy, grow dim, blurred

Kun'yomi
  • haze (esp. in spring) ②dimness (of sight)
  • to become misty ②to get blurry ③to be overshadowed
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かすみ 77.7%
かす 21.3%
1.0%

Character Breakdown

be hazy, grow dim, blurred
かすみ かす.む カ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
rain
あめ あま- ウ (1st, N5)
false
カ ケ か.りる
terraced hill
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ko
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

Kasumigaseki ②government ministries (of Japan)
springtime haze
hazy curtain of flowers
enshrouding mist
to get blurry vision
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References

Unicode hex code 971E
JIS X 0208 1-18-66
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5063
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6541
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2814
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3490
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1800
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2450
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2779
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2800
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1530
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2693
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 42365
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2261
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8d9.1
Four corner code 1024.7
De Roo Code 3167