Hanja Analyzer
闇

闇 — am

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
숨을 암
Romanization
am
English
close, shut; dark, dismal
Mandarin
àn
Japanese on'yomi
アン, オン, イン
Japanese kun'yomi
やみ くら.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,969 of 2,500
Strokes
17
Radical
門 (169, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
音
Unicode
U+95C7

Parts that make up 闇

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 音 소리 음sound 입에서 울려 나온 소리소리와 가락

How 闇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 闇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 門, 音.

Korean example words with 闇

  • 흑암하다黑闇 Korean gloss: 매우 껌껌하거나 어둡다
  • 혼암하다昏闇 Korean gloss: 사회가 혼란스럽고 정치가 부패되어 있다
  • 향암하다鄕闇 Korean gloss: 시골에서 지내 온갖 사리에 어둡고 어리석다
  • 암둔闇鈍 Korean gloss: 어리석고 우둔함.
  • 암연闇然 Korean gloss: 어렴풋하고 애매함.
  • 효암曉闇 Korean gloss: 새벽녘의 희미한 어둠.
  • 암명闇冥 Korean gloss: 암흑의 세계. 특히, 지옥을 이른다.
  • 양암諒闇 Korean gloss: 임금이 부모의 상중(喪中)에 있을 때 거처하는 방. 또는 그렇게 거처하는 기간.
  • 퇴암退闇 Korean gloss: 어두운 것을 물리친다는 뜻으로, 사물에 어둡고 어리석은 사람을 물리침을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
  • 나암하다懦闇 Korean gloss: 나약하고 어리석다.
  • 명암冥闇 Korean gloss: ‘명암하다’의 어근.
  • 암잔闇孱 Korean gloss: ‘암잔하다’의 어근.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 闇

  • 闇やみ darkness; the dark; bewilderment
  • 暗闇くらやみ darkness; the dark
  • 無闇にむやみに thoughtlessly; recklessly; rashly
  • 闇雲やみくも reckless; (at) random; haphazard
  • 闇値やみね black-market price
  • 闇路やみじ dark road
  • 夕闇ゆうやみ dusk; twilight
  • 闇夜やみよ dark night; moonless night
  • 闇市やみいち black market
  • 無闇むやみ thoughtless; reckless; rash
  • 闇屋やみや black marketeer; black market trader
  • 闇闇やみやみ without one's knowledge; easily

Characters sharing the phonetic 音

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “암”

Other hanja with radical 門

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