黯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

black, dark

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 黒い。真っ黒。
  2. 暗い。
  3. 顔色を失う。
  4. 深みに隠れる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「黑」+「音」。「音」は、暗いこと。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • アン
Kun (native)
  • くら(い)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音an4
  • 한글am
  • Hán-ViệtẢm

Basics

Strokes
21 strokes
Radical
黑(くろ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9EEF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰黑音

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-12-9
Four Corner
6036.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5b16.1
Nelson
5411