Kanji
N1 17 strokes Grade 8 freq #1969

get dark, gloom, disorder

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

gate mon

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

darkness; blackness
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

darkness; the dark
darkness; the dark
thoughtlessly; recklessly
gloom; semi-darkness
to cover up; to hush up
light in the darkness; guiding beacon of light
total darkness
illegal part-time job; questionable part-time job
losing one's reason due to love; lack of judgment due to love
back-alley doctor

Example sentences

He was so healthy up to the minute of his sudden death. You really never know what might happen next.

A cat can see in the dark.

He took his leave and set out in the dark.

I realized that cats can see in the dark.