阴

See also: 陰かげ, 隂, and 侌

阴 U+9634, 阴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9634 ← 阳 [U+9633] CJK Unified Ideographs 阵 → [U+9635]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

阴 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓ゆみ中ちゅう月がつ (NLB), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰阝月つき)

Derived characters

• 𫷮, 荫

Related characters

• 陰かげ (Traditional form of 阴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4117, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9634

Chinese

Glyph origin

An unorthodox variant simplified from 陰かげ (侌 → 月つき) which can be found in various historical dictionaries such as the Kangxi dictionary.

Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 阴 – see 陰かげ (“cloudy; overcast; gloomy; hidden; secret; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 陰かげ).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), A04425-006#35

Japanese

Kanji

阴

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Alternative form of 陰かげ

Readings

• Go-on: おん (on)
• Kan-on: いん (in)
• Kun: かげ (kage, 阴); かげる (kageru, 阴る); くらい (kurai, 阴い); ほと (hoto, 阴)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍こせき統一とういつ文字もじ) 471620