| 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
900 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 躍動 【ヤクドウ】 lively motion, throb
- 躍進 【ヤクシン】 making rapid progress, making great advances, rush, dash, onslaught
- 勇躍 【ユウヤク】 taking heart, being in high spirits
- 時間跳躍 【ジカンチョウヤク】 time travel, leaping through time
Kun reading compounds
- 躍る 【おどる】 to jump up, to spring up, to leap, to move around, to bounce up and down, to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement), to throb, to be messy (of handwriting), to be untidy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おどり
- Korean:
- yag, jeog
Spanish
- brincar
- saltar
- alzarse
Portuguese
- saltar
- dançar
- pular
French
- bond
- danse
- sautiller
| 1860 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 934 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4595 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1342 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1796 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1560 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1663 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1384 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1767 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2090 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1091 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1484 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1293 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37955P | Morohashi |
| 1658 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5921 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1285 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1379 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1939 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3775 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7d14.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-14 | SKIP code |
| 6711.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8e8d | Unicode hex code |