暗 — dark, dim, gloomy

くらい暗 dark

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

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.

Meanings

dark
dim
gloomy

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).

暗(くら) い kurai dark 真(まっ) っ暗(くら) makkura pitch dark 暗(くら) 闇(やみ) kurayami darkness 薄(うす) 暗(ぐら) い usugurai dim

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).

暗(あん) 号(ごう) angou code 暗(あん) 記(き) anki memorization 暗(あん) 黒(こく) ankoku darkness 暗(あん) 殺(さつ) ansatsu assassination 暗(あん) 示(じ) anji hint 暗(あん) 黙(もく) anmoku tacit 暗(あん) 礁(しょう) anshou unknown reef

Appears in idioms

自己暗示四字熟語

self, self, dark, show

暗中模索四字熟語

dark, middle, imitation, cord

Stroke order

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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.

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#72 日 sun

暗 — dark, dim, gloomy

Meanings

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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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暗 — dark, dim, gloomy

Meanings

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).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).