| 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 6
JLPT level N1
835 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幕 【マク】 curtain, act (in a play), falling of the curtain, end (of a scene), end, close, case, occasion, role (to play), part, place, makuuchi, top division
- 幕開け 【マクアケ】 rise of the curtain, opening of a play, beginning (e.g. of an era), start, opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
- 入幕 【ニュウマク】 advancing to the first grade
- 閉幕 【ヘイマク】 falling of the curtain, (coming to an) end, close
- 幕末 【バクマツ】 Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period
- 幕府 【バクフ】 shogunate, bakufu, shogun's headquarters, Imperial Guards office, residence of the Imperial Guards commander
- 帷幕 【イバク】 curtain, field staff headquarters, secret meeting place
- 討幕 【トウバク】 attacking the shogunate
Readings
- Korean:
- mag
Spanish
- cortina
- telón
- acto de una obra
- del gobierno shogun
- final
Portuguese
- cortina
- pano p/ decoração
- atuar em peças teatrais
French
- rideaux
- guirlande
- acte (théâtre)
| 989 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 977 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 836 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4026 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1250 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1252 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1989 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1432 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1521 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1157 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 570 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2937 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2044 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 416 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9051X | Morohashi |
| 2335 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1578 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 409 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 437 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 967 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1944 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k10.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-10-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-7-6 | SKIP code |
| 4422.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e55 | Unicode hex code |