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闇 · get dark, gloom

闇 is a kanji meaning get dark, gloom, disorder. It has 17 strokes.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • アンan
  • オンon

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • やみyami
  • くらいkurai

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Words that use 闇 · 2 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 闇
WordReadingMeaningLevel
無闇にむやみにunreasonably, absurdly, at randomN1
闇やみdarkness, shady, illegalN1

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 · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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