The kanji 闇: meaning, readings and stroke order

闇

Meaning: darkness
On reading: —
Kun reading: やみ yami
Strokes: 17
Radical: 門 gate
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bóng tối (ám)
Japanese: やみ。まっくらなところ。
Korean: 어둠 (암)
Chinese: 黑暗

Readings, words and example sentences

やみ yami · kun reading · less common

闇やみ
darkness
闇やみの中で星が光ります。
Stars shine in the darkness.

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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.