Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1747 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: fog, mist

Kunyomi: きり

Onyomi: ボウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ムカ atomization

キリニジ fog bow, fogbow, mistbow, white rainbow

ユウギリ evening mist

カイム sea fog

レンブ wax apple (Syzygium samarangense), Java apple

Kunyomi Examples

きり fog, mist, spray

きりさめ drizzle, light rain

黒い くろいきり thick fog (of suspicion), black veil of secrecy, covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.