暗

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

アン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

くら.いくら.むくれ.る

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:13

JLPT:N3

Frequency:1040

Vocabulary

アン

Word	Reading	Meaning
暗雲	アンウン	dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
暗号	アンゴウ	code; password; cipher
暗殺	アンサツ	assassination
暗示	アンジ	hint; suggestion; clue; implication; suggestion
暗礁	アンショウ	reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
暗い	くらい	dark; gloomy; murky; depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood); dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious; unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising; unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)
暗に	あんに	implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
暗闇	くらやみ	darkness; the dark
真っ暗	まっくら	pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
薄暗い	うすぐらい	dim; gloomy

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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