霧
霧 — Fog
fog, mist
On’yomiム (mu)
On’yomiボウ (bou)
On’yomiブ (bu)
Kun’yomiきり (kiri)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 霧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霧 | きり kiri | fog; mist; spray |
| 霧雨 | きりさめ kirisame | drizzle; light rain |
| 濃霧 | のうむ noumu | heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog |
| 雲散霧消 | うんさんむしょう unsanmushou | vanishing like mist |
| 黒い霧 | くろいきり kuroikiri | thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc. |
| 朝霧 | あさぎり asagiri | morning fog; morning mist |
Study notes
霧 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1747 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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