| 1865 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1876 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 112 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1735 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1256 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2251 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1228 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1292 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1820 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 579 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3731 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1909 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2592 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1392 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9205 | Morohashi |
| 3008 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1600 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1380 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1251 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1996 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幽霊 【ユウレイ】 ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom
- 憂鬱 【ユウウツ】 depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
- 幽々 【ユウユウ】 deep, dark
- 帰幽 【キユウ】 death
Kun reading compounds
- 微か 【かすか】 faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- profundo
- recluir
- confinar
- el más allá
Portuguese
- isolar
- confina para um quarto
French
- isoler
- confiné
- profond
- obscur
- isolé
- faible
- sombre
- tranquille
- calme
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3o6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2277.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e7d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗 【アン】 darkness
- 暗雲 【アンウン】 dark clouds, threatening signs, ominous indications
- 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
Kun reading compounds
- 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)
- 暗い過去 【くらいかこ】 shadowy past, murky past
- 眩む 【くらむ】 to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.), to become dark
- 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- poco claro
- memorizar
- sombrío
Portuguese
- escuridão
- desaparecer
- sombra
- informal
- escurecer
- cegar
French
- obscurité
- disparaître
- ombre
- informel
- s'assombrir
- être aveuglé
| 154 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 243 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 224 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1044 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2154 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 576 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 191 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1883 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 348 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 348 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 107 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 992 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1273 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 689 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 491 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14065 | Morohashi |
| 1010 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2503 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 480 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 519 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 415 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-9 | SKIP code |
| 6006.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-37 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6697 | Unicode hex code |