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暗 · darkness, disappear

暗 is a kanji meaning darkness, disappear, shade, informal. It has 13 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • アンan

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • くらいkurai
  • くらむkuramu
  • くれるkureru

Practise the N3 kanji

In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 暗 · 7 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 暗
WordReadingMeaningLevel
暗いくらいdark, gloomyN5
暗記あんきmemorization, learning by heartN3
薄暗いうすぐらいdim, gloomyN2
真っ暗まっくらtotal darknessN2
暗殺あんさつassassinationN1
暗算あんざんmental arithmeticN1
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More words that use 暗
WordReadingMeaningLevel
暗示あんじhint, suggestionN1

Example sentence

とても暗かった。

とてもくらかった

It was so dark.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #200637 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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