| 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 grade 6
JLPT level N1
528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 討論 【トウロン】 debate, discussion
- 討議 【トウギ】 debate, discussion
- 征討 【セイトウ】 subjugation, conquest
- 追討 【ツイトウ】 tracking down and killing, punitive expedition
Kun reading compounds
- 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge
Readings
- Korean:
- to
Spanish
- disparar
- atacar
- asaltar
- investigar
- vengar
Portuguese
- castigar
- atacar
- derrotar
- destruir
- conquistar
French
- débat
- châtier
- attaquer
- vaincre
- conquérir
- détruire
| 849 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 956 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 945 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 466 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4316 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 642 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1740 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1018 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1057 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 946 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1663 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1846 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 977 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1324 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 346 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35231 | Morohashi |
| 1456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5561 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 340 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 364 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 910 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3048 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 0460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a0e | Unicode hex code |