Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

1969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: get dark, gloom, disorder

Kunyomi: やみ くら.い

Onyomi: アン オン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: gate

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

やみ darkness, the dark, bewilderment, despair, hopelessness, hidden place, secrecy, oblivion, black market, shady trading, underhand transactions, illegal channels

やみあか alternative account (on social media, etc.), hidden account, sub account

あかつきやみ moonless dawn

五月 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)