陰 shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow 11 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1393 in newspapers Readings Onイン Kunかげ、かげ.る In Chinese 阴, traditional 陰 Words written with it 陰 かげ shade N3 陰謀 いんぼう plot 日陰 ひかげ shade N2 陰り かげり shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness) 陰口 かげぐち malicious gossip 山陰 やまかげ place in the shade of a mountain 陰気 いんき gloomy N1 陰影 いんえい shadow 物陰 ものかげ place hidden from view 木陰 こかげ shade of a tree 陰湿 いんしつ malicious 陰性 いんせい negative (result)