漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
霧: fog, mist
JLPT N119 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
雨 carries the meaning · 務 gives the sound
19 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ムmu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 濃霧のうむ
きりkiri · kun'yomi · on its own
- 霧きりfog; mist
- 霧雨きりさめdrizzle; light rain
- 朝霧あさぎりmorning fog; morning mist
- 夕霧ゆうぎりevening mist
- 黒い霧くろいきりthick fog (of suspicion)
Also read ボウ, ブ, 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
Also read ム
8 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 雾 · traditional, as in Japanese · wù
Japan keeps the traditional form 霧; mainland China simplifies it to 雾.
- Simplified
- 雾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 霧 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wù 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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