Readings

Kana: メイ、ミョウ、くら.い
Romaji: mei, myō, kura.i
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

dark

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  14
Frequency:  2349
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-8
Korean Reading:  myeong
Chinese Reading:  ming2
Unicode:  51a5
JIS:  4C3D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 630
New Nelson Index: 405
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2i8.2
Four Corner Index: 3780.0
Japanese Names Index: 1158
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1588
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0130
Remembering the kanji Index: 2841
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1810
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 322
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2613

Words

冥王星 (めいおうせい)
Pluto (dwarf planet)
冥府 (めいふ)
hades; realm of the dead; sheol
冥境 (めいきょう)
shades of the dead
冥土 (めいど)
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
暗い (くらい)
dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown
冥界 (めいかい)
hades; realm of the dead
冥加金 (みょうがきん)
monetary offering
晦冥 (かいめい)
darkness
冥罰 (めいばつ)
retribution; divine punishment
冥福 (めいふく、みょうふく)
happiness in the next world
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