Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: dark, evening, dusk

Kunyomi: くら.い くれ

Onyomi: コン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: sun, day

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コンスイ coma, deep sleep, falling fast asleep

コンコン fast asleep, dead to the world

コンコン fast asleep, dead to the world

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)

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