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暗 = 音 + 日

暗 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “darkness”. It is built from 音 (sound) and 日 (day). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 519.

Keyword
darkness
RTK frame
519
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
アン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くら.い, くら.む, くれ.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
темнота
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
暗 dark

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 音 sound
  2. 日 day

How to find 暗 without knowing its reading

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

Open 暗 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.