暗 – darkness, disappear, shade

13 strokesTaught in grade 3#1040 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 暗 means darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アン (an); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くら.い、くら.む、くれ.る (kurai, kuramu, kureru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アン	an
Kun’yomi	くら.い	kurai
Kun’yomi	くら.む	kuramu
Kun’yomi	くれ.る	kureru

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: 音・日・立.

Words using 暗

暗いくらいdark暗記あんきmemorization薄暗いうすぐらいdim真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark暗殺あんさつassassination暗示あんじhint暗算あんざんmental arithmetic

Example sentences

あたりがもう暗くなっていることに気がついた。

I observed that it had already got dark.

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この詩を暗記しましょう。

Let's learn this poem by heart.

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薄暗い光の中で彼の顔を見た。

I saw his face in the dim light.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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