17 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

get dark, gloom, disorder

Kun'yomi
  • darkness ②bewilderment ③hidden place ④black market
  • dark ②depressed ③dark (in color) ④ill-boding
On'yomi
  • アン
  • オン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

やみ 99.9%
アン 0.1%

Character Breakdown

get dark, gloom, disorder
やみ アン オン (11th)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
sound, noise
おと オン ね (1st, N4)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)

Common Words

darkness ②bewilderment ③hidden place ④black market
attack under the cover of darkness ②surprise attack
everlasting darkness
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References

Unicode hex code 95C7
JIS X 0208 1-16-39
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4969
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6414
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3332
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4134
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2846
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2777
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1748
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1758
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2709
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1899
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 41421
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 349
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8e9.5
Four corner code 7760.1