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暗

darkness
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingアン
Kun readingくら.い、くら.む、くれ.る
JōyōGrade 3
  1. dark
  2. gloomy
  3. murky
  4. depressed
  5. dispirited

Popular Usage

暗い暗記薄暗い暗殺暗算暗示

Radicals and components

Radical日sunComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · sound · vase · stand up (立) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 519

Compound words

暗いくらい
dark; gloomy; murky; depressed; dispirited
暗記あんき
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
薄暗いうすぐらい
dim; gloomy
暗殺あんさつ
assassination
暗示あんじ
hint; suggestion; clue; implication; suggestion
暗にあんに
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
暗闇くらやみ
darkness; the dark
暗雲あんうん
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
暗号あんごう
code; password; cipher
暗礁あんしょう
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
暗黙あんもく
tacit; unspoken; implicit
明暗めいあん
light and darkness; light and shade
暗黒あんこく
darkness
真っ暗まっくら
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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