闇 — kanji meaning “get dark”
闇
get dark, gloom, disorder
- Meanings
- get dark, gloom, disorder
- On'yomi
- アン (an)、オン (on)
- Kun'yomi
- やみ、くら.い
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #1969 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 169
- Chinese reading
- àn
Words with 闇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暗闇 | くらやみ kurayami | darkness; the dark |
| 闇夜 | やみよ yamiyo | dark night; moonless night |
| 闇市 | やみいち yamiichi | black market |
| 無闇 | むやみ muyami | thoughtless; reckless; rash |
| 闇雲 | やみくも yamikumo | reckless; (at) random; haphazard |
| 夕闇 | ゆうやみ yuuyami | dusk; twilight |
| 常闇 | とこやみ tokoyami | everlasting darkness |
| 宵闇 | よいやみ yoiyami | dusk; twilight |
| 闇取引 | やみとりひき yamitorihiki | black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading |
| 薄闇 | うすやみ usuyami | very dim light |
| 暁闇 | あかつきやみ akatsukiyami | moonless dawn |
| 暁闇 | ぎょうあん gyouan | dark before dawn |
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