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昧

dark
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingマイ、バイ
Kun readingくら.い、むさぼ.る

Meanings

  1. dark
    彼の曖昧な返事は、なおさら彼女をいらいらさせた。His ambiguous reply made her all the more irritated.tatoeba
    彼の論文は意味不明。第一、主題が曖昧だ。His thesis doesn't make sense. To begin with, its theme is obscure.tatoeba
  2. foolish
  3. obscureRtK

Popular Usage

曖昧

Radicals and components

Radical日sun
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · not yet · one (一) · tree (木) · wood (木)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 230

Compound words

私にはその意味がいまだに曖昧だ。
The meaning is still obscure to me.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 昧

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step