晦 = 日 + 毎

晦 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “last day of the month”. It is built from 日 (day) and 毎 (every). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2527.

Keyword: last day of the month
RTK frame: 2527
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): つごもり, くら.い, みそか, くら.む
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: dark, последний день месяца
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 晦 dark

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 晦 without knowing its reading

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

Open 晦 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.