Kanji Detail for 翳 - "canopy, cover, dim, shadow, blur"

翳

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

翳 means "canopy, cover, dim, shadow, blur."
1. Canopy - A silk parasol decorated with feathers.
2. Cover - To shade; to hold over.
3. Dim - To become cloudy.
4. Shadow - Shade; cloudiness.
5. Blur - For vision to become hazy.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hold aloft

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

shade, screen; to hide, screen

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 翳[yi4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

shade, screen; to hide, to screen

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

A feathered canopy. Feathered implements held during musical dances. To conceal oneself. Like pheasant tail fans and such. | All concealment is called 翳. Such as saying 樹木隱翳 (trees hidden and shaded). | An eye disease where a membrane obstructs the pupil. Making one unable to see. Is also called 翳 (cataract). | 翱翔. To roam freely.
Onyomi

ei(エイ)
Kunyomi

kage(かげ)

kage.ru(かげ-る)

kaza.su(かざす)

kinugasa(きぬがさ)

kumo.ru(くも-る)

kumori(くもり)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

羽 (hane)
Related Keywords

canopy silk parasol decorated feathers cover shade hold dim become cloudy shadow cloudiness blur vision

私は陽気で軽い男より、ちょっと翳のある渋い男に惹かれるの。
Rather than light-hearted and cheerful men, I'm attracted to sober men with a bit of a dark side to them.
「若さ」の前に不可能も無ければ、陰翳も無い、それは一切を突破する力であり、一切を明るくする太陽である。
To "youth" there is neither impossibility nor gloom. It is the power that overcomes everything, the sun that brightens everything.