216 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
298 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
282 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
535 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2261 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
632 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1372 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
314 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
314 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
974 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1092 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1167 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
631 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
841 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14745 | Morohashi |
930 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2670 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1571 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
390 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
355 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
- 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
- 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
- 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb
Kun reading compounds
- 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
- 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
- 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
- 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- raíz matemática
- perseverancia
- raíz
Portuguese
- raiz
- radical
- verruga
French
- racine
- radical
- point noir (acné)
1865 | 2001 Kanji |
4a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4793.2 | Four corner code |
1-26-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6839 | 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 |