暮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • く(れる)Elem.
  • く(らす)Elem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ぐらし
  • ぐれ
Other languages
  • 拼音mu4
  • 한글mo
  • Hán-ViệtMộ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+66AE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱莫日

Words using this kanji

  • 暮らしくらしくらしを参照。(way of) life, lifestyle, living, life circumstances
  • 暮れくれ「くれ」を参照。sunset, sundown, nightfall, dusk
  • 暮れるくれるくれるを参照。to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end
  • 暮らすくらすくらす 参照to live (on, by, etc.), to lead a life, to get along, to get by
  • 暮らし向きくらしむき「くらしむき」の漢字表記。life circumstances, lifestyle, (family) finances
  • 暮春ぼしゅん春の暮れの頃。晩春。 陰暦3月の異称。late spring, third month of the lunar calendar
  • 暮色ぼしょく夕暮れ時の暗くなってきた空の色。dusk, twilight scene
  • 暮夜ぼや夜。夜分。night, evening
  • 暮秋ぼしゅう秋の終わり。晩秋。 陰暦九月。late autumn (fall), ninth month of the lunar calendar
  • 暮雪ぼせつtwilight snowfall
  • 暮雲ぼうんtwilight clouds
  • 暮鐘ぼしょう夕暮れ時に寺院などで打ち鳴らす鐘。また、その音。晩鐘。twilight tolling of a bell
  • 暮雨ぼう夕暮れに降る雨。evening rain
  • 暮天ぼてんevening sky
  • 暮れ方くれがたくれがた 参照evening, dusk, sunset, nightfall
  • 暮の春くれのはるend of spring, late spring
  • 暮れ六つくれむつaround 6pm
  • 暮らし方くらしかたway of living
  • 暮れゆくくれゆくto darken, to wane
  • 暮れ残るくれのこるto linger (faint light of twilight), to remain lit in the lingering twilight

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-11
Four Corner
4460.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k11.14
Heisig
247
Nelson
4041