Kanji Detail for 隂 - "shade, northern slope, dim, conceal, dark"

隂

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
隂 means "shade, northern slope, dim, conceal, dark."
1. Shade - A place not in sunlight; a covered area.
2. Northern slope - The north side of a mountain; the south bank of a river.
3. Dim - To be clouded; to grow dark.
4. Conceal - To hide; to cover.
5. Dark - Gloomy.
6. Secretly - Covertly; stealthily.
7. Time - Duration.
8. Genitals - The reproductive organs.
9. Yin - In Yijing philosophy, the passive or receptive principle opposite to yang.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

shady; secret; dark; mysterious; cold; the negative of female principle in nature

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

shady, secret, dark; mysterious; cold; the negative of female principle in nature

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
Onyomi

in(いん)
Kunyomi

kage(かげ)

kageeru
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

阜阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)
Related Keywords
shade place sunlight covered area northern slope north side mountain south bank river dim clouded