Kanji Detail for 晷 - "shadow, sundial, light, time"

晷

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
晷 means "shadow, sundial, light, time."
1. Shadow - A shade cast by light.
2. Sundial - A device measuring time by the shadow of a pillar.
3. Light - Illumination.
4. Time - To measure time.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

shadows of sun; time; sundial

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

shadows of sun; time; sundial

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

sundial

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

the sun's shadow; sundial; time

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The shadow of the sun. Such as 晷刻 (sundial markings). | To measure the sun with a gnomon. An instrument that measures the sun's shadow to determine time is called 日晷 (sundial).
Onyomi

ki(き)
Kunyomi

kage(かげ)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)
Related Keywords
shadow shade cast light sundial device measuring time pillar illumination measure