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暮 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
ボぼ · bo
Kun
く(れる)・く(らす)ku(reru) · ku(rasu)
Meaning
nightfall; to live; year's end

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

莫 "sun hidden in the grass" with 日 "day"; the sun going down — "nightfall," and "to live one's days."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボぼbo暮春ぼしゅん歳暮せいぼ薄暮はくぼ
Kunくれるkureru暮れるくれる暮れくれ
Kunくらすkurasu暮らすくらす暮らしくらし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 夕暮れゆうぐれ

    dusk; twilight

  • 暮らしくらし

    living; livelihood

More words with this kanji

  • お歳暮おせいぼ
  • 日暮れひぐれ
  • 薄暮はくぼ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

夕暮(ゆうぐ)れの空(そら)が赤(あか)かった。

The twilight sky was red.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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