暮 — kanji meaning “evening”
暮
evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
- Meanings
- evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
- On'yomi
- ボ (bo)
- Kun'yomi
- く.れる、く.らす
- Name readings
- ぐらし、ぐれ、ぽ
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #978 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 72
- Chinese reading
- mù — Chinese character page
Words with 暮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暮らし | くらし kurashi | (way of) life; lifestyle; living |
| 暮れ | くれ kure | sunset; sundown; nightfall |
| 暮らす | くらす kurasu | to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along |
| 夕暮れ | ゆうぐれ yuugure | evening; dusk; twilight |
| 暮れる | くれる kureru | to get dark; to grow dark |
| 歳暮 | せいぼ seibo | year-end gift |
| 日暮れ | ひぐれ higure | twilight; sunset; dusk |
| 明け暮れ | あけくれ akekure | morning and evening; daily routine |
| 野暮 | やぼ yabo | boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined |
| 年の暮れ | としのくれ toshinokure | year end |
| 朝令暮改 | ちょうれいぼかい choureibokai | an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles |
| 薄暮 | はくぼ hakubo | dusk; nightfall; twilight |
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