昧 — kanji meaning “dark”
昧
dark, foolish
- Meanings
- dark, foolish
- On'yomi
- マイ (mai)、バイ (bai)
- Kun'yomi
- くら.い、むさぼ.る
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- mèi — Chinese character page
Words with 昧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曖昧 | あいまい aimai | vague; ambiguous; unclear |
| 三昧 | さんまい sanmai | samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) |
| 蒙昧 | もうまい moumai | ignorant; unenlightened; uncivilized |
| 愚昧 | ぐまい gumai | stupid |
| 無知蒙昧 | むちもうまい muchimoumai | unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant |
| 曖昧さ | あいまいさ aimaisa | ambiguity |
| 曖昧模糊 | あいまいもこ aimaimoko | obscure; vague; ambiguous |
| 読書三昧 | どくしょざんまい dokushozanmai | being absorbed in reading |
| 刃物三昧 | はものざんまい hamonozanmai | swinging a knife around; brandishing a knife |
| 贅沢三昧 | ぜいたくざんまい zeitakuzanmai | indulging in every possible luxury |
| 念仏三昧 | ねんぶつざんまい nenbutsuzanmai | being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha |
| 風流三昧 | ふうりゅうざんまい fuuryuuzanmai | taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy |
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