| 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. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 519 | 
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_weather
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