冥 — kanji meaning “dark”
冥
dark
- Meanings
- dark
- On'yomi
- メイ (mei)、ミョウ (myou)
- Kun'yomi
- くら.い
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2349 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 14
- Chinese reading
- míng — Chinese character page
Words with 冥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冥福 | めいふく meifuku | happiness in the next world; heavenly bliss; repose of one's soul |
| 冥利 | みょうり myouri | providence; luck; favor |
| 冥界 | めいかい meikai | hades; realm of the dead |
| 冥府 | めいふ meifu | realm of the dead; the other world; underworld |
| 冥王星 | めいおうせい meiousei | Pluto (dwarf planet) |
| 冥土 | めいど meido | the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead |
| 冥加 | みょうが myouga | divine protection; divine blessing; providence |
| 幽冥 | ゆうめい yuumei | semidarkness; deep and strange; hades |
| 男冥利 | おとこみょうり otokomyouri | the good fortune to have been born male |
| 冥境 | めいきょう meikyou | shades of the dead |
| 冥罰 | みょうばつ myoubatsu | retribution; divine punishment |
| 命冥加 | いのちみょうが inochimyouga | providential protection |
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