This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: アン、オン、やみ、くら.い
Romaji: an, on, yami, kura.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

get dark, gloom, disorder

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  169
Frequency:  1969
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-8-9
Korean Reading:  am
Chinese Reading:  an4
Unicode:  95c7
JIS:  3047

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3332
Nelson Index: 4969
New Nelson Index: 6414
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8e9.5
Four Corner Index: 7760.1
Gakken Index: 1758
Japanese Names Index: 2709
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41421
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0757
Remembering the kanji Index: 2777
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2846
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1748
Essential Kanji Index: 1899
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4134

Words

(やみ)
darkness; the dark; dark; bewilderment; despair; hopelessness; black-marketeering; shady; illegal; under-the-table
闇市 (やみいち)
black market
ヤミ金 (ヤミきん、やみきん)
black-market lending; illegal loan
一寸先は闇 (いっすんさきはやみ)
No one knows what the future holds; The future is a closed book
闇夜の礫 (やみよのつぶて)
aimless attempt; shot in the dark
暗闇 (くらやみ)
darkness; the dark
闇夜 (あんや、やみよ)
dark night
暁闇 (あかつきやみ、あかときやみ)
moonless dawn
闇路 (やみじ)
dark road
闇夜の鉄砲 (やみよのてっぽう)
aimless attempt; shot in the dark
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