Kanji
N3 13 strokes Grade 3 freq #1040

darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark

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)

assassination
light and darkness; light and shade
reef; sunken rock
code; password
tacit; unspoken
dark clouds
darkness
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious
personal identification number; PIN
(theatrical) blackout

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

pitch-dark; pitch-black
implicitly; indirectly
dim; gloomy
dark; gloomy

Example sentences

The great Roman hero, Julius Caesar, was assassinated.

Lyndon Johnson took over presidency when John Kennedy was assassinated.

When she looked, he shut the door and locked her into the totally dark closet.

The room was in complete darkness.