漢字道KANJIDO

13 strokesRadical

8Elementary year 313 strokesRadical
On
アン
Kun
くら(い)
Meaning
dark

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

アン暗示・暗愚・明暗
くらい暗い・暗がり

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

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

へやが 暗くて こわいです。

The room is dark and scary.

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