闇
Stroke order
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Meaning (Japanese)
- とざす。とじる。
- やみ。くらい。とざされた空間。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「門」+音符「音」。「門をとじる」を意味する漢語｛闇｝を表す字。のち仮借して「やみ」を意味する漢語｛闇｝に用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
get dark, gloom, disorder
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- アン
- オン
- Kun (native)
- やみJHS
- くら(い)
- Other languages
- 拼音an4
- 한글am
- Hán-ViệtÁm
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 17 strokes
- Radical
- 門(もん)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+95C7
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵門音
Words using this kanji
- 闇やみdarkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair
- 闇雲やみくもreckless, (at) random, haphazard, blind
- 闇値やみねblack-market price
- 闇路やみじdark road
- 闇夜やみよ光のない暗い夜。dark night, moonless night
- 闇市やみいちblack market
- 闇屋やみやblack marketeer, black market trader
- 闇闇やみやみwithout one's knowledge, easily
- 闇鍋やみなべstew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
- 闇汁やみじるstew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
- 闇聴やみテンbeing in tenpai but not calling rīchi
- 闇垢やみアカalternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account
- 闇討ちやみうちattack under the cover of darkness, surprise attack, sneak attack
- 闇再販やみさいはんprice-support measures for contraband goods
- 闇取引やみとりひきblack-market dealings, underhand transactions, shady trading, illegal trade
- 闇相場やみそうばblack-market price
- 闇商人やみしょうにんblack marketeer
- 闇給与やみきゅうよsecret pay
- 闇市場やみいちばblack market
- 闇金融やみきんゆう元金に対し高い金利やそれに相当する金銭を請求する不正な貸金業者。black-market lending, illegal loan
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
3-8-9- Four Corner
7760.1- Spahn–Hadamitzky
8e9.5- Heisig
- 1748
- Nelson
- 4969