Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

464 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: shadow, silhouette, phantom

Kunyomi: かげ

Onyomi: エイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんづくり

Meaning: bristle, beard

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

響する(えいきょうする)   influence [v.t.]

する(さつえいする)   take a picture, film a movie

する(とうえいする)   project [v.t.]

(いんえい)   shading

(かげ)   shadow

武者(かげむしゃ)   Kagemusha (shadow warrior)

(おもかげ)   vestiges

Onyomi Examples

エイキョウ influence, effect, impact

響力 エイキョウリョク influence, clout, leverage

イエイ portrait of deceased person

トウエイ projection

Kunyomi Examples

かげ shadow, silhouette, figure, shape, reflection, image, ominous sign, light (stars, moon), trace, shadow (of one's former self)

陰口 かげぐち malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back

ゆうかげ light of the setting sun, figure lit by the evening sun

げつえい moonlight, moon, moonbeams