陰
陰 — eum
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 그늘 음
- Romanization
- eum
- English
- the passive, female principle in Chinese philosophy (yin); dark; secret
- Mandarin
- yīn
- Japanese on'yomi
- イン, アン, オン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- かげ かげ.る
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,393 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阜 (170, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+9670
How 陰 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 陰 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 阜, 侌.
Korean example words with 陰
- 유음柳陰 Korean gloss: 버드나무의 그늘
- 음분陰分 Korean gloss: 몸속에 있는 물기
- 음동陰冬 Korean gloss: 음산하고 추운 겨울
- 음사陰私 Korean gloss: 개인의 은밀한 비밀
- 음우陰雨 Korean gloss: 오래 내리는 궂은비
- 야음夜陰 Korean gloss: 밤의 어둠. 또는 그때
- 음기陰記 Korean gloss: 비석의 뒷면에 새긴 글
- 음운陰雲 Korean gloss: 하늘을 덮은 검은 구름
- 촌음寸陰 Korean gloss: 매우 짧은 동안의 시간
- 음성陰性 Korean gloss: 밖으로 드러나지 아니하는 성질
- 음사陰祠 Korean gloss: 미신으로 귀신을 모시어 놓은 집
- 음어陰語 Korean gloss: 군대에서, ‘암호’를 이르는 말
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 陰
- 陰謀いんぼう plot; intrigue; scheme
- 陰りかげり shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade
- 日陰ひかげ shade; shadow; sunshine
- 陰口かげぐち malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
- 山陰やまかげ place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
- 陰影いんえい shadow; shade; shading
- 木陰こかげ shade of a tree; bower
- 陰湿いんしつ malicious; spiteful; vicious
- 陰性いんせい negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude)
- 陰気いんき gloomy; dismal; miserable
- 陰陽いんよう cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon
- 陰イオンいんイオン anion
Other hanja read “음”
Other hanja with radical 阜
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