Japanese symbol for “darkroom”
暗室
あんしつ
Romaji: anshitsu
darkroom
In Japanese, darkroom is 暗室, read あんしつ (anshitsu).
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Meanings
- n darkroom
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗殺 | あんさつ ansatsu | assassination |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら makkura | pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark |
| 暗号 | あんごう angou | code; password; cipher |
| 暗い | くらい kurai | dark; gloomy; murky |
| 暗黙 | あんもく anmoku | tacit; unspoken; implicit |
| 暗黒 | あんこく ankoku | darkness |
| 教室 | きょうしつ kyoushitsu | classroom; lecture room |
| 室内 | しつない shitsunai | indoor; inside the room |
See also: Chinese symbol for “darkroom”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.