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曚 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「日」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「日」
On
モウ・ボウもう・ぼう · mō · bō
Kun
くら.いkura.i
Meaning
dark before dawn

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Sun 日 with 蒙 as phonetic: the darkness before daybreak.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 曚昧もうまい

    benighted; unenlightened

  • 蒙昧もうまい

    ignorance (usual writing)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

曚昧を破(やぶ)るのは学(まな)びの力(ちから)だ。

It is learning that breaks through such darkness.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

曚昧蒙昧曚昧dark蒙ignora…旰sunset旱drough…旻the au…昊the va…昃the su…芒an awn尨shaggy…氓the co…茆a wate…罔a net
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 日Map of reading モウAll maps

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