Kanji
N3 14 strokes Grade 6 freq #978

evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

sun/day hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

year-end gift
an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
boorish; unsophisticated

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

(way of) life; lifestyle
sunset; sundown
to get dark; to grow dark
living by oneself; living alone
evening; dusk
morning and evening; daily routine
year end
life circumstances; lifestyle
twilight; sunset
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life

Example sentences

He is far better off now than he was five years ago.

He lives in comfort.

By the time you got there, the sun had set.

We covered 100 kilometers in the car before it got dark.