暗 — Chinese character
暗
àn
dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
- Pinyin
- àn
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 日 音
- Formation
- pictophonetic — sun; meaning component 日; sound component 音
- Japanese
- 暗 as a kanji
Common words with 暗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
| 暗中 | àn zhōng | in the dark; in secret |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 暗号 (暗號) | àn hào | secret signal; password; countersign |
| 暗黑 | àn hēi | dark; dim |
| 暗恋 (暗戀) | àn liàn | to be secretly in love with |
| 昏暗 | hūn àn | dusky |
| 暗暗 | àn àn | secretly; inwardly |
| 暗地里 (暗地裡) | àn dì li | secretly; inwardly; on the sly |
| 阴暗面 (陰暗面) | yīn àn miàn | the dark side (of society etc) |
English words written with 暗
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.