| 1878 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1663 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2659 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1517 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 705 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1481 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1501 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1238 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 816 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 478 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 610 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 799 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17983 | Morohashi |
| 664 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3277 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 791 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 854 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1643 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1364 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溶岩 【ヨウガン】 lava
- 溶液 【ヨウエキ】 solution (liquid)
- 溶溶 【ヨウヨウ】 vast, overflowing with water, spacious
- 可溶 【カヨウ】 soluble, solubilizing, solubilising
Kun reading compounds
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
- 溶く 【とく】 to dissolve (paint), to scramble (eggs), to melt (metal, etc.), to mix (water with flour, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- derretir
- fundir
- disolver
- derretirse
- fundirse
- disolverse
Portuguese
- derreter
- dissolver
- fundir (neve)
French
- fondre
- dissoudre
| 377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3316.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6eb6 | 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 |