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Kanji for Darkness
The kanji for “darkness” is 闇, read an and written in 17 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
闇
darkness
Darkness; the power that lives where light cannot reach.
17 strokes On reading アン、オン (an, on) Kun reading やみ、くらい (yami, kurai)
Dictionary meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder
Readings used for names on Nazuke: yami
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