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暗 — 13 strokes / Radical「日」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 13 strokes / Radical「日」
On
アンあん · an
Kun
くら(い)kura(i)
Meaning
dark

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

日 (sun) + 音 (phonetic 'on') — a phono-semantic character; no sunlight, so it is 'dark'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onアンあんan暗示あんじ暗愚あんぐ明暗めいあん
Kunくらいkurai暗いくらい暗がりくらがり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 暗記あんき

    memorization

  • 明暗めいあん

    light and dark

More words with this kanji

  • 暗唱あんしょう
  • 暗礁あんしょう
  • 暗闇くらやみ
  • 暗中摸索あんちゅうもさく
  • 暗渠あんきょ
  • 暗誦あんしょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

へやが 暗(くら)くて こわいです。

The room is dark and scary.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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