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Kanji: 闇

KANJI
17 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
やみ
くら
 ON 音 
アン
オン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
Not included on the JLPT test
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 2 (general-use kanji)
Grade:
Joyo kanji not taught during first 9 grades in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
もん
Meaning:
Get dark, gloom, disorder
Usage:
Appears rarely in Japanese newspapers; about 2000 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N1
(むやみ)
unreasonably, absurdly, recklessly, indiscreetly, at random
N1
(やみ)
darkness, the dark, black-marketeering, dark, shady, illegal
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