暗 means “dark”

くらい · kurai

Also: darkness, disappear, shade, informal

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くらい, くらむ, くれる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

アン

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 3 · 13 strokes

The story

The sun hides behind a closed door: when light retreats, shadows fill the space where brightness once lived.

Opposite of 明 (bright); used in 暗い (kurai, dark) and 暗記 (anki, memorization)

More from Seasons & Time

• 夕 evening
• 今 now
• 冬 winter
• 古 old
• 早 early
• 先 ahead
• 夜 night
• 長 long
• 明 bright
• 春 spring
• 秋 autumn
• 昼 noon

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