Chinese symbol for “dusky”
昏暗
hūn àn
dusky
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dusky is 昏暗 (hūn àn), defined as: dusky.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dusky”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰蒙蒙 | huī mēng mēng | dusky; overcast (of weather) |
| 黑糊糊 | hēi hū hū | black; dark |
| 窈窈 | yǎo yǎo | obscure; dusky |
| 昒 | hū | daybreak; dawn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昏暗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昏迷 | hūn mí | to lose consciousness; to be in a coma |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 昏倒 | hūn dǎo | to faint |
| 昏睡 | hūn shuì | to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc) |
| 昏厥 | hūn jué | to faint |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dusky”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.