Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8 freq #1393

shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mound oka

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

plot; intrigue
shadow; shade
malicious; spiteful
negative (result)
gloomy; dismal
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud
shade; shadow
malicious gossip; backbiting
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
shade of a tree; bower
anion
thanks to ...; owing to ...
thankfully; fortunately
place hidden from view; cover
shade; shadow

Example sentences

I think most of them took part in the plot.

They entangled him in a plot.

Keep in the shade.

I'm standing in the shade.