The kanji 冥: meaning, readings and stroke order

冥

Meaning: dark, underworld
On reading: メイ mei、ミョウ myou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 冖 cover
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tối tăm, cõi âm (minh)
Japanese: くらい。しんだひとのいくせかい。
Korean: 어둡다, 저승 (명)
Chinese: 昏暗、阴间

Readings, words and example sentences

メイ mei · on reading · less common

冥めい王おう星せい
Pluto
冥めい王おう星せいについて調べます。
I look up facts about Pluto.

ミョウ myou · on reading · less common

冥みょう利り
the joy that comes with a role
教師冥みょう利りに尽きます。
As a teacher, I couldn't be happier.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.