JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Kanji 霞: "be hazy, grow dim, blurred"
The kanji 霞 means "be hazy, grow dim, blurred". It is written with 17 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カ, ゲ in on'yomi and かすみ, かす.む in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カゲ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かすみかす.む
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | be hazy, grow dim, blurred |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 17 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1603 of 2,501 |
Common words with 霞
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 霞むto become misty; to become hazy · to get blurry; to grow dim
- 霞haze (esp. in spring); mist · dimness (of sight)
- 目が霞むto get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
- 霞ヶ関Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located · government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
- 雲霞clouds and haze · swarm (of people); throng; drove
- 春霞springtime haze
- 雲霞のごとくin swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
- 遠くに霞むto loom in the distance
- 花霞hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
- 霞を食うto live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
- 雲を霞と(flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
- 紅霞crimson mist; crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)
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