Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: halo, corona, fade

Kunyomi: ぼか.す ぼけ.る かさ くま ぼかし めまい

Onyomi: ウン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: sun, day

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カサ halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.), ring, corona

繧繝 ウンゲン ungen, method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense; used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

ニュウウン areola mammae (circular area around nipple), areola

ヒガサ solar halo

Kunyomi Examples

ぼかす to blur, to shade off, to gradate, to obscure, to make ambiguous

ける ぼける to be faded, to be hazy, to be blurred, to be out of focus

かさ halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.), ring, corona

隈取り くまどり shading, (colour) gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

隈取る くまどる to shade, to graduate, to tint, to put on stage makeup, to make up (one's face)

ぼかし shading off, gradation, bokashi composting, fermented composting

ぼかし染め ぼかしぞめ gradation dyeing