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 junior high
JLPT level N1
2171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 愁傷 【シュウショウ】 grief, sorrow
- 愁色 【シュウショク】 worried look
- 哀愁 【アイシュウ】 pathos, sorrow, grief
- 憂愁 【ユウシュウ】 melancholy, gloom, grief
Kun reading compounds
- 憂える 【うれえる】 to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to lament, to grieve, to feel sorrow for
- 憂い 【うれい】 sorrow, grief, anguish, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
- 憂い顔 【うれいがお】 sad face, sorrowful face, anxious look, sad countenance
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- melancolía
- aflicción
- sentimiento
- estar melancólico
- estar afligido
Portuguese
- perigo
- pesar
- lamento
- estar ansioso
French
- détresse
- tristesse
- plainte
- lamentation
- être anxieux
1357 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1737 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1729 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1778 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1306 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1601 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1708 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1700 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
795 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3508 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1811 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2463 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
910 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10885 | Morohashi |
2829 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1923 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
901 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
967 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1625 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2258 | 2001 Kanji |
4k9.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-9-4 | SKIP code |
2933.8 | Four corner code |
1-29-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6101 | Unicode hex code |