闇 – get dark, gloom, disorder

17 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1969 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 闇 means get dark, gloom, disorder. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is アン、オン (an, on); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is やみ、くら.い (yami, kurai). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 門 (no. 169).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	アン	an
On’yomi	オン	on
Kun’yomi	やみ	yami
Kun’yomi	くら.い	kurai

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: 門 (Kangxi radical 169). Components: 音・日・門・立.

Words using 闇

闇やみdarkness無闇にむやみにthoughtlessly

Example sentences

闇とは光がないことです。

Darkness is the absence of light.

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Kanji with the same radical

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