| 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) |
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
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 唱和 【ショウワ】 cheering in chorus, saying in unison
- 唱歌 【ショウカ】 singing, song, music class (at pre-WWII schools), song for music classes
- 斉唱 【セイショウ】 singing in unison, chanting in unison
- 主唱 【シュショウ】 advocacy, promotion
Kun reading compounds
- 唱える 【となえる】 to recite, to chant, to cry, to yell, to shout, to advocate, to advance, to preach, to insist
Readings
- Korean:
- chang
Spanish
- cantar
- recitar
Portuguese
- canto
- recital
- gritar
French
- chant
- choeur
- réciter
- invoquer
- hurlement
| 430 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 538 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 508 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1062 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 941 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 814 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1137 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1284 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1646 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1759 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1809 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 306 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 555 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 338 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 418 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 21 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3765 | Morohashi |
| 462 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 829 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 21 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 21 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 568 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3778 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 6606.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5531 | Unicode hex code |