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霧

fog
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingム、ボウ、ブ
Kun readingきり
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. fogRtK
    彼女はゆっくりと霧のかかった森の中へ消えていった。She slowly disappeared into the foggy forest.tatoeba
    濃霧の為彼の前を歩いて行く男の姿がやがて見えなくなった。The fog soon blurred out the figure of a man walking in front of him.tatoeba
  2. mist
  1. spray

Synonyms

霞靄

Homonyms

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Same reading (きり)
桐 · paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa)切り · end

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rain (雨) · weather · task · halberd · beforehand · taskmaster · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1314

Compound words

朝霧あさぎり
morning fog; morning mist
濃霧のうむ
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
霧雨きりさめ
drizzle; light rain
夕霧ゆうぎり
evening mist
黒い霧くろいきり
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
雲霧うんむ
clouds and fog
煙霧えんむ
haze
氷霧ひょうむ
ice fog
内陸霧ないりくむ
inland fog
噴霧器ふんむき
sprayer
雲散霧消うんさんむしょう
vanishing like mist
五里霧中ごりむちゅう
totally at a loss

Additional Examples

濃霧のため飛ぶのは危険だ。
It is dangerous to fly in this heavy fog.tatoeba
濃霧のため人っ子一人見えなかった。
Not a soul was to be seen because of a dense fog.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 霧

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