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蔭 = 艹 + 陰

蔭 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “behind the scenes”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 陰 (shade). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2457.

Keyword
behind the scenes
RTK frame
2457
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
イン, オン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かげ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
shade, за кулисами
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
蔭 shade

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 陰 shade

How to find 蔭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “shade”. 蔭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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