Japanese Kanji
陰in
shade · yin · negative
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow.
陰 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 11 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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