霞
be hazy, grow dim, blurred
Readings
On'yomi
- カ
- ゲ
Kun'yomi
- かすみ
- かす.む
Meaning
霞 centers on atmospheric obscurity: a hazy, dim, or blurred state, like a landscape softened by mist or fading light.
Most common words using 霞
20 of 21- 霞かすみN1
haze (esp. in spring); mist
- 朝霞あさがすみ
morning glow; morning mist (haze)
- 霞むかすむN1
to become misty; to become hazy
- 霞ヶ関かすみがせき
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located
- 夏霞なつがすみ
summer haze; summer mist
- 夕霞ゆうがすみ
evening breeze; evening mist
- 春霞はるがすみ
springtime haze
- 煙霞えんか
smoke and mist; (enveloping) mist
- 目が霞むめがかすむ
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
- 紅霞こうか
crimson mist; crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)
- 群霞むらがすみ
enshrouding mist; mist extending all around
- 花霞はながすみ
hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
- 遠くに霞むとおくにかすむ
to loom in the distance
- 雲を霞とくもをかすみと
(flee) like the wind; (run) out of sight
- 雲霞うんか
clouds and haze
- 雲霞のごとくうんかのごとく
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
- 霞を食うかすみをくう
to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
- 霞堤かすみてい
open levee
- 霞山椒魚かすみさんしょううお
clouded salamander (Hynobius nebulosus)
- 霞桜かすみざくら
Korean hill cherry (Prunus verecunda)
Study
Etymology
霞 combines 雨 (rain, atmospheric phenomena) with 叚, which likely contributes the sound and suggests a covering or veiling effect, giving the idea of haze or mist.
Meaning mnemonic
Under a rain-like veil (雨), the lower part 叚 looks like a distorted, hazy reflection. Imagine looking through a misty window where everything is blurred.
Reading mnemonic
For カ, picture a car's headlights cutting through the haze: car -> カ, and the light grows dim in the mist.