The kanji 影: meaning, readings and stroke order

影

Meaning: shadow, image
On reading: エイ ei
Kun reading: かげ kage
Strokes: 15
Radical: 彡 bristle, beard
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bóng, hình bóng (ảnh)
Japanese: かげ。ひかりがあたらないところ。
Korean: 그림자 (영)
Chinese: 影子

Readings, words and example sentences

エイ ei · on reading

影えい響きょう
influence, effect
天気の 影えい響きょうを受けます。
We are affected by the weather.

かげ kage · kun reading

影かげ
shadow
かべに大きな 影かげがうつります。
A big shadow falls on the wall.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.