昏 — Dark | Kanji Meaning, Readings & Stroke Order

書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 昏

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

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8 strokes

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分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 昏

Almost every kanji is built from a small set of reusable parts. Learn the parts once and you stop memorising thousands of unrelated shapes.

氏 radical family name + 日 radical day =

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部首 · Radical

The radical of 昏

日 Radical 72 of 214
Sun

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 昏 is filed under 日 (sun) — radical number 72 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 日

日 day 時 time 明 bright 昨 yesterday 早 early 映 reflect 景 scenery 旧 old times 易 easy 春 springtime

練習 · Practice

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熟語 · In real words

Words that use 昏

Kanji are almost never met alone. These are the most common words built from this character, ordered by how often they actually appear in Japanese.

昏れるくれる to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.)

黄昏たそがれ dusk; twilight; twilight years

昏いくらい dark; gloomy; murky

昏睡こんすい coma; deep sleep; falling fast asleep

微昏ウスグラ dim, gloomy

昏えクレー dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colou

昏うグロー dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colou

昏くグラク dark, gloomy, murky; depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood); dark (in colou

昏めクラメ to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.

昏もクラモ to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.

同音 · Sound-alikes

Kanji that sound like 昏

Japanese has far more kanji than syllables, so one reading is shared by many characters. These are the ones you will confuse with 昏 — learn them together, not separately.

今 Nowこん金 Goldこん近 Nearこん建 Buildこん根 Rootこん献 Offeringこん婚 Marriageこん混 Mixこん困 Quandaryこん懇 Sociableこん

画数 · 8 strokes

Other 8-stroke kanji

Useful when looking a character up by stroke count — and a common source of visual mix-ups.

国 Countryこく長 Longちょう事 Matterじ東 Eastとう者 Someoneしゃ定 Determineてい金 Goldきん学 Studyがく

質問 · Questions

About the kanji 昏

What does the kanji 昏 mean?

昏 means Dark, Evening, Dusk.

How do you read the kanji 昏?

昏 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) こん; kun'yomi (native Japanese) くら.い、くれ.

How many strokes does 昏 have?

昏 is written with 8 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What level is the kanji 昏?

Japanese schoolchildren learn it in name kanji.

What is the radical of 昏?

The radical of 昏 is 日 (sun), radical number 72 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 昏 made of?

昏 is built from 氏 (family name) and 日 (day). Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

What words use the kanji 昏?

Common words written with 昏 include 昏れる (くれる, to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.)); 黄昏 (たそがれ, dusk; twilight; twilight years); 昏い (くらい, dark; gloomy; murky).

Which kanji sound the same as 昏?

昏 shares a reading with 今 (こん), 金 (こん), 近 (こん), 建 (こん), 根 (こん), among others. Same-sounding kanji are one of the most common sources of confusion in Japanese.

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