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暝 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「日」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
メイ・ミョウめい・みょう · mei · myō
Kun
くら.いkura.i
Meaning
dark

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sun 日 with 冥 as phonetic: the sun down and darkness come.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 暝色めいしょく

    the dusk

  • 薄暮はくぼ

    twilight

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

暝色が谷(たに)を包(つつ)みはじめた。

Dusk began to wrap the valley.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

薄暮暝色薄暮暝暮nightf…色color薄thin旰sunset旱drough…旻the au…昊the va…昃the su…眇to squ…茗tea酩to be…溟the da…甍the ri…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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