暗
See also: 晻 and 闇
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Translingual
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Han character
暗 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日卜廿日 (AYTA), four-corner 60061, composition ⿰日音)
- dark
- obscure
- in secret, covert
References
- KangXi: page 498, character 27
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14065
- Dae Jaweon: page 866, character 20
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1526, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6697
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 暗 | |
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| alternative forms | 闇／暗 晻／暗 隌 𣈇 𣆛 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 暗 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (音) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 諳 | *qɯːm |
| 腤 | *qɯːm |
| 嬜 | *qɯːm, *qʰaːm, *qʰrɯm |
| 喑 | *qɯːm, *qrɯm, *qrɯms |
| 揞 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯːms |
| 隌 | *qɯːmʔ, *qrɯm |
| 罯 | *qɯːmʔ, *qɯːb |
| 暗 | *qɯːms |
| 闇 | *qɯːms |
| 黯 | *qrɯːm, *qrɯːmʔ |
| 歆 | *qʰrɯm |
| 愔 | *qɯm |
| 韾 | *qɯm |
| 音 | *qrɯm |
| 瘖 | *qrɯm |
| 窨 | *qrɯms |
| 湆 | *kʰrɯb |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːms) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 音 (OC *qrɯm).
Pronunciation
Definitions
暗
- dark (without light); dim
- Antonym: 明 (míng)
- 天色暗了 ― tiānsè àn le ― The sky darkened.
- 屋子裡很暗。／屋子里很暗。 ― Wūzi lǐ hěn àn. ― It is very dark in the room.
- dull; not bright
- 暗紅／暗红 ― àn hóng ― dull red
- secret; covert
- 暗號／暗号 ― ànhào ― secret signal
- confused; ignorant
- 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 [MSC, trad.]
- jiāntīng zé míng, piānxìn zé àn [Pinyin]
- Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened, heed only one side and you will be benighted.
兼听则明，偏信则暗 [MSC, simp.]
- (Min Nan) late
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 晚 (“late (in time)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 遲, 晚 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 晚 |
| Taiwan | 晚, 遲 | |
| Harbin | 晚 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 晚 | |
| Jinan | 晚 | |
| Luoyang | 晚 | |
| Xi'an | 晚, 遲 | |
| Wuhan | 晏, 遲 | |
| Chengdu | 晏, 晚 | |
| Guiyang | 晏 | |
| Liuzhou | 晏 | |
| Xuzhou | 晚, 遲 | |
| Yangzhou | 晚, 遲 | |
| Hefei | 晚, 遲 | |
| Singapore | 晚, 遲 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晏, 遲 |
| Hong Kong | 晏, 遲 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 晏 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 遲 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 遲 | |
| Macau | 遲 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 遲 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晏 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Foshan | 晏, 遲 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晏 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 遲 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 遲 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 遲 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 遲 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 遲 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 遲 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 遲 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 遲 | |
| Taishan | 晏, 遲 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 遲水 | |
| Dongguan | 晏, 遲 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 晏 | |
| Yangjiang | 晏, 遲 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 遲 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 晏, 遲 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 晏 |
| Pingxiang | 晏 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 遲 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 晏 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 遲 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 遲 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晏 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 遲, 晏 | |
| Wengyuan | 晝 | |
| Liannan | 遲 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 晏 | |
| Jiexi | 慢 | |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 慢 | |
| Changting | 晏 | |
| Wuping | 遲 | |
| Wuping (Yanqian) | 夜 | |
| Ninghua | 遲 | |
| Yudu | 晏 | |
| Ningdu | 遲 | |
| Tonggu (Sandu) | 晏 | |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) | 晏 | |
| Dayu | 晏 | |
| Hong Kong | 遲 | |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) | 遲 | |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) | 遲 | |
| Xinyi (Sihe) | 遲 | |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) | 遲 | |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) | 遲 | |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 遲 | |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) | 遲 | |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 遲 | |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) | 遲 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 遲 | |
| Luchuan | 遲 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 遲 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晏 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 遲, 晚 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 晏 |
| Songxi | 晏 | |
| Zhenghe | 慢 | |
| Jianyang | 晏 | |
| Wuyishan | 晏 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 遲, 晏 |
| Changle | 遲 | |
| Lianjiang | 遲, 晏 | |
| Fuqing | 遲, 晏 | |
| Pingtan | 晏 | |
| Yongtai | 遲, 晏 | |
| Minqing | 遲 | |
| Gutian | 慢 | |
| Pingnan | 慢 | |
| Luoyuan | 晏 | |
| Fu'an | 晏 | |
| Ningde | 晏 | |
| Xiapu | 晏 | |
| Zherong | 晏 | |
| Shouning | 晏 | |
| Zhouning | 遲 | |
| Fuding | 晏 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 晏, 暗 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 晏 | |
| Quanzhou | 晏, 暗 | |
| Jinjiang | 晏 | |
| Nan'an | 晏 | |
| Shishi | 晏 | |
| Hui'an | 晏 | |
| Anxi | 晏 | |
| Yongchun | 晏 | |
| Dehua | 晏 | |
| Zhangzhou | 晏, 暗 | |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 晏 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 晏 | |
| Hua'an | 晏 | |
| Nanjing | 晏 | |
| Pinghe | 晏 | |
| Zhangpu | 晏 | |
| Yunxiao | 晏 | |
| Zhao'an | 晏 | |
| Dongshan | 晏 | |
| Taipei | 晏 GT, 暗 GT | |
| Kinmen | 晏 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗, 晏 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 晏, 暗 | |
| Longyan | 遲 | |
| Zhangping | 晏 | |
| Datian | 晏 | |
| Chaozhou | 晏, 慢 | |
| Shantou | 晏, 慢 | |
| Jieyang | 晏, 慢 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 晏 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 晏 | |
| Leizhou | 晏 | |
| Wenchang | 晏 | |
| Haikou | 晏 | |
| Singapore (Hainanese) | 晏, 暗 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 晏 |
| Xianyou | 晏 | |
| Min Zhong | Yong'an | 慢 |
| Sanyuan | 慢 | |
| Shaxian | 晏 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 遲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 晏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 遲 |
| Suzhou | 晏 | |
| Danyang | 晚 | |
| Hangzhou | 晏, 遲 | |
| Ningbo | 晏 | |
| Wenzhou | 遲 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 晏, 遲 |
| Loudi | 晏 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 暗
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References
- “暗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01812
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 暗 | |
| Kyūjitai [1][2] | 暗󠄁 暗+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |  |
| 暗󠄃 暗+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
暗
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- darkness
Readings
- Go-on: おん (on)←おむ (omu, historical)
- Kan-on: あん (an, Jōyō)←あむ (amu, historical)
- Kun: くらい (kurai, 暗い, Jōyō)←くらし (kurasi, historical); くらむ (kuramu, 暗む); そらんずる (soranzuru, 暗ずる)←そらんず (soranzu, historical); ひそかに (hisokani, 暗かに); やみ (yami, 暗)
See also
- 闇 (Non-Tōyō character in place of which this character is written)
- 暗闇 (kurayami)
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 暗 |
| あん Grade: 3 |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 暗 (MC ʔʌmH).
The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) あん [áꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
- IPA(key): [ã̠ɴ]
Noun
暗 • (an)
- darkness
Affix
暗 • (an)
- dark
- blackish
- foolish
- secret; covert
- memorize; recite from memory
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 暗影 (an'ei): shadow, gloom
- 暗雲 (an'un)
- 暗記 (anki)
- 暗愚 (angu)
- 暗君 (ankun)
- 暗号 (angō)
- 暗黒 (ankoku): darkness
- 暗殺 (ansatsu)
- 暗示 (anji)
- 暗室 (anshitsu)
- 暗礁 (anshō)
- 暗澹 (antan)
- 暗中模索 (anchū mosaku)
- 暗転 (anten)
- 暗譜 (anpu)
- 暗黙 (anmoku)
- 暗夜 (an'ya)
- 暗躍 (an'yaku)
- 明暗 (meian)
- 暗影 (an'ei)
- 暗唱 (anshō)
References
- 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1071 (paper), page 586 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
- 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 647 (paper), page 336 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
暗 (eumhun 어두울 암 (eoduul am))
- Hanja form? of 암 (“darkness”).
Compounds
- 암살 (暗殺, amsal, “assassination”)
- 암호 (暗號, amho, “password; code”)
- 암흑 (暗黑, amheuk, “dark (a complete or partial absence of light)”)
Vietnamese
Han character
暗: Hán Nôm readings: ám
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