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screen

HSK 10
エイ
かげ、かげ.る、かざ.す、きぬがさ、くも.る、くもり
Components
echo+ feathers =
screen
Phonetic component
echo
an echo
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Meaning component
feathers
feather, plume
feather
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[yì]
feather screen; to screen; to shade; cataract
Japanese
翳み かすみ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana haze (esp. in spring); mist
  2. usually kana dimness (of sight) (esp. 翳み,翳)
刺羽 指羽 さしは さしば えい 同音
noun large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.
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