暮 – evening, twilight, season's end

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The kanji 暮 means evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボ (bo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.れる、く.らす (kureru, kurasu). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボ	bo
Kun’yomi	く.れる	kureru
Kun’yomi	く.らす	kurasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 大・日・艾.

Words using 暮

暮れるくれるto get dark暮れくれsunset暮らしくらし(way of) life暮らすくらすto live (on, by, etc.)夕暮れゆうぐれevening

Example sentences

冬の日は速く暮れる。

The night falls fast in winter.

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もっと良い暮らしができますように。

May God show us a better life!

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１日１ドルでアメリカで暮らしていけると思いますか。

Do you think you can live on a dollar a day in America?

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜晴

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