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闇 = 門 + 音
闇 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pitch dark”. It is built from 門 (gates) and 音 (sound). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1748.
- Keyword
- pitch dark
- RTK frame
- 1748
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- アン, オン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- やみ, くら.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- get dark, темный
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 闇 close
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 闇 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gates” + “sound”. 闇 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 闇 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.