Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1603 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: be hazy, grow dim, blurred

Kunyomi: かすみ かす.む

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カスミ haze (esp. in spring), mist, dimness (of sight)

カスム to become misty, to become hazy, to get blurry, to grow dim, to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone

コウカ crimson mist, crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)

アサガスミ morning glow, morning mist (haze)

Kunyomi Examples

かすみ haze (esp. in spring), mist, dimness (of sight)

かすみ網 かすみあみ mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)

うんか clouds and haze, swarm (of people), throng, drove, (flee) like the wind, (run) out of sight

かすむ to become misty, to become hazy, to get blurry, to grow dim, to be overshadowed, to be upstaged, to be outshone