| 1758 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1899 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2709 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 349 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4134 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41421 | Morohashi |
| 3332 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1748 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗黒 【アンコク】 darkness
- 暗夜 【アンヤ】 dark night
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
- 幽暗 【ユウアン】 gloom, darkness, seclusion
Kun reading compounds
- 闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
- 闇垢 【やみあか】 alternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account
- 暁闇 【あかつきやみ】 moonless dawn
- 五月闇 【さつきやみ】 dark night in the rainy season
- 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- sombrío
- poco claro
- sin esperanza
- confuso
Portuguese
French
| 8e9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 7760.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95c7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雲散霧消 【ウンサンムショウ】 vanishing like mist
- 雲海 【ウンカイ】 sea of clouds
- 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
- 星雲 【セイウン】 nebula, galaxy
Kun reading compounds
- 雲 【くも】 cloud
- 雲行き 【くもゆき】 weather, look of the sky, situation, turn of affairs, signs, way the wind is blowing
- 白雲 【しらくも】 white clouds
- 八重雲 【やえぐも】 layers of clouds
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ずも、 のめ
- Korean:
- un
Spanish
- nube
Portuguese
- nuvem
French
- nuage
| 47 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 83 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 78 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1124 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5046 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 478 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 997 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2027 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 636 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 646 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 844 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1860 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3447 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1774 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 430 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42235 | Morohashi |
| 2773 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6522 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 423 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 452 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 213 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3171 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 1073.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96f2 | Unicode hex code |