| 1758 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4969 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1899 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2709 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 349 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 4134 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2846 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 41421 | Morohashi |
| 3332 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6414 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1748 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 暗黒 【アンコク】 darkness
- 暗夜 【アンヤ】 dark night
- 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade
- 幽暗 【ユウアン】 gloom, darkness, seclusion
Kun reading compounds
- 闇 【やみ】 darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels
- 闇垢 【やみあか】 alternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account
- 暁闇 【あかつきやみ】 moonless dawn
- 五月闇 【さつきやみ】 dark night in the rainy season
- 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)
Readings
- Korean:
- am
Spanish
- oscuro
- sombrío
- poco claro
- sin esperanza
- confuso
Portuguese
French
| 8e9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-9 | SKIP code |
| 7760.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 95c7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 堕落 【ダラク】 depravity, corruption, degradation
- 堕胎 【ダタイ】 abortion, feticide
- 落堕 【ラクダ】 marrying (of a monk), returning to secular life (of a monk)
Kun reading compounds
- 堕ちる 【おちる】 to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell)
Readings
- Korean:
- ta, hyu
Spanish
- caer
- derrumbarse
- cometer un desliz
Portuguese
- degenerado
- descender
French
- dégénérer
- sombrer
- s'abaisser
| 1539 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1979 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1092 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1511 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1156 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1742 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1865 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1693 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 357 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3501 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1804 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2456 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1324 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2822 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1033 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1314 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1411 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1514 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3672 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b8.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-3 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 7410.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5815 | Unicode hex code |