影 means “shadow, silhouette”

かげ · kage

Also: phantom

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かげ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

エイ

Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Where the sun (日) casts its brilliance, shadows are born: 影 (kage) is the silhouette of a pine tree at sunset, the play of light and darkness that defines every landscape.

Used in 影響 (eikyou, influence) and 人影 (hitokage, human figure/shadow)

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