Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: dark

Kunyomi: くら.い

Onyomi: メイ ミョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: cover

Examples

Onyomi Examples

メイフク happiness in the next world

瞑想 メイソウ meditation, contemplation

カイメイ darkness

天地晦 テンチカイメイ The world is covered in darkness, All is plunged into darkness

メイフク happiness in the next world

ミョウリ providence, luck, favor, favour, advantage

Kunyomi Examples

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)