The kanji 暗: meaning, readings and stroke order

暗

Meaning: dark
On reading: アン an
Kun reading: くら（い） kurai
Strokes: 13
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tối (ám)
Japanese: くらい。
Korean: 어둡다 (암)
Chinese: 暗、黑暗

Readings, words and example sentences

アン an · on reading

暗あん算ざん
mental math
暗あん算ざんで答えを出します。
I work out the answer in my head.

くら（い） kurai · kun reading

暗くらい
dark
夜になって外が 暗くらく なりました。
Night came, and it got dark outside.

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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.