暗 — dark, dim, gloomy

くら暗 dark

U+6697 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 3 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 3 level. Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes Freq #1040 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #480 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

dark
dim
gloomy

word

くら kura Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

暗(くら) い kurai dark

あん an On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

暗(あん) 号(ごう) angou code

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)