陰 : Shade

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Components:

阝今云

shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow

On 'yomi:

イン(in)

Kun 'yomi:

かげ(kage) かげ.る(kage.ru)

Strokes:	11
Radical:	阜 (170)
Usage Rating:	1393

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	09670
jis208:	17-2

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陰 Usage examples

陰刻(いんこく)	white line (woodcuts)
陰と陽(いんとよう)	the positive and the negative
陰阜(いんふ)	mons veneris, mons pubis
陰謀を企てる(いんぼうをくわだてる)	to plot against
陰陽の理(おんみょうのり)	principle of duality
陰で動く(かげでうごく)	to act behind the scenes
木陰で憩う(こかげでいこう)	to take a rest under a tree, to rest in the shade of a tree
諒陰(りょうあん)	court mourning (for the late emperor or empress), national mourning
陰極管(いんきょくかん)	cathode(-ray) tube
陰金田虫(いんきんたむし)	ringworm (of the groin), jock itch, tinea cruris
陰金(いんきん)	ringworm (of the groin), jock itch, tinea cruris
グラム陰性菌(グラムいんせいきん)	gram-negative bacteria
陰で糸を引く(かげでいとをひく)	to pull wires, to pull strings
陰イオン(いんイオン)	anion
陰核(へのこ)	penis
陰樹(いんじゅ)	shade tree
外陰炎(がいいんえん)	vulvitis
陰忍(いんにん)	camouflaged ninja
陰陽五行(おんようごぎょう)	the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
陰陽和合(いんようわごう)	the harmony of yin and yang energies
太陰崇拝(たいいんすうはい)	moon worship
陰間(かげま)	actor-in-training in kabuki
光陰極(こういんきょく)	photocathode
熱陰極(ねついんきょく)	hot cathode
陰陰(いんいん)	forlorn, dark and desolate
新陰流(しんかげりゅう)	Shinkage-Ryu (style of Japanese fencing)
陰口をたたく(かげぐちをたたく) 陰口を叩く(かげぐちをたたく)	to backbite
太陰月(たいいんげつ)	lunar month
陰道(いんどう)	love-making technique
陰極板(いんきょくばん)	negative plate
陰茎包皮(いんけいほうひ)	foreskin
陰核包皮(いんかくほうひ)	clitoral hood, prepuce of clitoris
陰乍ら(かげながら) 陰ながら(かげながら)	secretly, unbeknownst to the parties involved
太陰太陽暦(たいいんたいようれき)	lunisolar calendar
陰陽暦(いんようれき)	lunisolar calendar
山陰地方(さんいんちほう)	San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
陰府(よみ)	path to the netherworld (underworld), Hades, Hell