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Kanji Detail for 蔭 - "to cover, blessing, shade"

  • Meaning

    蔭 means "to cover, blessing, shade."

    1. To cover - To spread over; to shelter; to protect; to help.

    2. Blessing - Help; protection; patronage.

    3. Shade - Shadow of trees; shade from sunlight.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    shade; shadow; backing assistance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shade, shelter; protect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) shade (of a tree)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    shade, shelter; to protect

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

    Tree shade. Such as 柳蔭 (willow shade), 藤蔭 (vine shade). | Anyone who is protected by another is also called 蔭. Interchangeable with 廕. In the old system, those who obtained office through the merits of ancestors and fathers is called 蔭. Such as 恩蔭 (grace inheritance), 難蔭 (disaster inheritance).
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