| 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 |
森
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 森林 【シンリン】 forest, woods
- 森閑 【シンカン】 silent, still, quiet, hushed
- 森々 【シンシン】 dense with trees, deeply forested
Kun reading compounds
- 森 【もり】 forest, shrine grove
- 森青蛙 【もりあおがえる】 forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)
- どう森 【どうもり】 Animal Crossing (video game series) (abbr)
- 青森 【あおもり】 Aomori (city, prefecture)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もと
- Korean:
- sam
Spanish
- bosque
Portuguese
- floresta
- mata
French
- forêt
- bois
| 41 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 65 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 38 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 532 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2301 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 152 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 198 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1735 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 128 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 128 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 460 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1063 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3123 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1602 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 201 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14974 | Morohashi |
| 2475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2749 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 197 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 209 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 80 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a8.39 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 4099.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 68ee | Unicode hex code |