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暮 = 莫 + 日

暮 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “livelihood”. It is built from 莫 (shalt) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 247.

Keyword
livelihood
RTK frame
247
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.れる, く.らす
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
evening, жизнь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
暮 evening

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 莫 shalt
  2. 日 day

How to find 暮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shalt” + “day”. 暮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 暮 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.