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暝 = 冥 + 日

暝 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “murky”. It is built from 冥 (hades) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2860.

Keyword
murky
RTK frame
2860
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
メイ, ミョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くら.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
dark, мутный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
暝 dark

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 冥 hades
  2. 日 day

How to find 暝 without knowing its reading

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

Open 暝 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.