暗 — dark, dim, gloomy
くらい
暗
dark
くらい
U+6697
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1040
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #480
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- dark
- dim
- gloomy
Readings
- On'yomi
- あん an
- Kun'yomi
- くら kura くれ kure
word
くら ・ぐら kura Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
あん an On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
14 wordsEach dot is a word containing 暗: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
ひ
日
sun
#72
おと
音
sound
#180
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 日 (sun) gives the semantic domain. 音 (an/on, sound) provides the phonetic element. Dark — when the sun is hidden.