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On'yomi
メイ・ミョウ
MEI / MYOU
Kun'yomi
くら.い
kurai

dark

dark

Details

Strokes10
Frequency#2349
Radicalcover(2)

Stroke Order

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Strokes10

Component Breakdown

=

cover + 昗

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of cover, sun, and six. Covering sun.

Symbolism

Underworld, hades, dark. Represents underworld.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Illuminating the darkness

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

頑冥不霊

がんめいふれい

stubborn and ignorant; stubborn and ignorant

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