Question

暗 くら.い、くら.む、くれ.る 暗殺(あんさつ): assassination真っ暗(まっくら): (1) total darkness; pitch dark (2) bleak future; poor prospects薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy暗記(あんき): memorization; memorisation; learning by heart暗示(あんじ): hint; suggestion暗い(くらい): (1) dark; gloomy (2) dark (in colour); dull (3) depressed; dispirited (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past) (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic 3 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days音: sound; noise 日 4 (none) darkness In places of complete darkness, such as caves where the sun can´t reach, creatures such as bats have learned to navigate by sound rather than sight. The poor guys must have to fly around screaming "Marco!" and "Polo!" all the time.

Accepted Answer

アン darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded 4 1040 13 72 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん 形声 Phonetic Picture the sun exploding - there would be a gigantic noise and then...nothing. Everything would plunge into darkness.

Kanji	暗
Onyomi	アン
Kunyomi	くら.い、くら.む、くれ.る
English	darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Examples	暗殺(あんさつ): assassination 真っ暗(まっくら): (1) total darkness; pitch dark (2) bleak future; poor prospects 薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy 暗記(あんき): memorization; memorisation; learning by heart 暗示(あんじ): hint; suggestion 暗い(くらい): (1) dark; gloomy (2) dark (in colour); dull (3) depressed; dispirited (4) sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past) (5) unclear; unfamiliar; unknown 暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	1040
Components	日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 音: sound; noise
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	日
Radical Number	72
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	darkness
Koohii Story 1	Picture the sun exploding - there would be a gigantic noise and then...nothing. Everything would plunge into darkness.
Koohii Story 2	In places of complete darkness, such as caves where the sun can´t reach, creatures such as bats have learned to navigate by sound rather than sight. The poor guys must have to fly around screaming "Marco!" and "Polo!" all the time.

Dark Darkness Poor Gloomy Noise Sun 暗 アン

Dark Darkness Poor Gloomy Noise Sun 暗アン