漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
霞: be hazy, grow dim
Also: blurred
JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 雨rain(meaning)
- 叚(form)
雨 carries the meaning · 叚 is drawn in
17 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 煙霞えんかsmoke and mist; (enveloping) mist
かすみkasumi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 霞かすみhaze (esp. in spring); mist
かすむkasumu · kun'yomi
- 霞むかすむto become misty; to become hazy
Also read ゲ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“When the 'rain' kanji sits on top of another character, it squishes down like a heavy cloud. It's like a storm hovering over the rest of the kanji, flavoring the meaning with weather, moisture, and the power of the sky.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
叚
Also built on 叚
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiá
Same form: 霞 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 霞 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 霞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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